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Islamophobic tweets ‘peak after terror attacks’

Almost 7,000 Islamophobic tweets were sent, in English, every day last month - compared to 2,500 a day in April.
July saw the most anti-islamic abuse on Twitter for five months, as Europe was hit by a terror attack in Nice, and the murder of a French priest. The data has been collected by a think tank called Demos and seen exclusively by the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
Catrin Nye's film has some very strong racist language towards the end. It has been included as an illustration of the kind of abuse which has been posted online.

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