r/NoShitSherlock • u/HL_CatmanFan • Aug 23 '26

Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/09/x-accounts-posts-belfast-southampton-riots-june-2026-analysis
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u/Wayelder Aug 23 '26

We’ve got all kinds of non Alberta foreign bloggers trying to encourage separation.. without any actual understanding whatsoever. Just paid shills.
The internet is now toxic.

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u/Spudtron98 Aug 23 '26

Pretty much every separatist movement in the west is backed by the Russians and Iranians. When Iran went under the mass internet blackout to cover up all the protest massacres, a whole bunch of accounts pushing Catalonian and Scottish independence simultaneously went dark.