The Observer: UK intelligence agencies fear anti-vaxxers turn to violence
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UK intelligence agencies feared a shift from anti-vaxxers to violence. Their concerns were reported by The Observer, citing sources.
According to the publication, opponents of vaccination create “extremist” communities in social networks that promote hatred on national or racial grounds. “The Prime Minister's Office receives these reports directly. The Prime Minister knows them. There is a consensus that we have not won a clear victory. Next time we will need to act better,” said one of the newspaper’s interlocutors.
It is known that the groups consist of several thousand people, so, in one of them there are already more than seven thousand. It publishes advice on avoiding phone surveillance and discusses a possible riot.
Previously, Brand Analytics named the favorite social networks of anti-vaxxers. In the period from November 26, 2020 to October 25, 2021, the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki became the leaders in the number of fakes about coronavirus. According to experts, the first accounted for 41.5 percent of all such posts, and the second – 21.7 percent.
