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London’s mayor says organised online networks are spreading false narratives about the capital’s safety and cohesion. The issue is being raised as similar concerns emerge across other major UK cities.

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00:00London Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned of a surge in online disinformation targeting the capital.
00:05He says social media companies are enabling organised networks to profit from division.
00:11City Hall research suggests foreign states and extremist groups are portraying London
00:15as a city in decline.
00:17The Mayor calls it an outrage economy driving a division dividend online.
00:23Platforms including TikTok and Meta say they remove coordinated inauthentic tick behaviour
00:28while Telegram removes violent content.
00:31The analysis reports sharp rises in narratives describing London as unsafe and in decline.
00:37Research has found 150-200% rise in decline narratives and 350% in migration narratives online.
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