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The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Rise Of Disinformation Fueling Online Protests

There have been growing numbers of protests targeting refugees and asylum seekers in recent months. Online livestreams of just seven of the anti-migrant protests that took place in Ireland early this year were viewed more than one million times. To discuss why we are seeing more far-right demonstrations, Matt was joined by Paul Hosford, political correspondent with the Irish Examiner, and Aoife Gallagher, senior analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. For the full chat click the 'Play' button on this page.
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6:55 PM - 31 Jan 2023



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Rise Of Disinformation Fueling Online Protests

Square1
Today FM

6:55 PM - 31 Jan 2023

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There have been growing numbers of protests targeting refugees and asylum seekers in recent months.

Online livestreams of just seven of the anti-migrant protests that took place in Ireland early this year were viewed more than one million times.

To discuss why we are seeing more far-right demonstrations, Matt was joined by Paul Hosford, political correspondent with the Irish Examiner, and Aoife Gallagher, senior analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

For the full chat click the 'Play' button on this page.


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