Published November 21, 2023
Riots broke out across Dublin, Ireland, late Thursday evening as Irish citizens took control of the city centre following a mass stabbingattack where an immigrant man is accused of slashing five individuals near a school — three of which are young children, including a five-year-old girl.
According to reports, police confirmed that the suspect is an immigrant who has lived in the country for more than two decades. Police have not ruled out a potential terrorism link to the attack.
During the attack, the suspect stabbed five individuals — one woman, one man, and three young children — before multiple local residents attempted to intervene. The suspect is reportedly hospitalized at the Dublin’s Mater Hospital where the victims are also being treated for serious injuries.
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SOURCE: www.breitbart.com
RELATED: Police Commissioner Blames ‘Far Right’ for Dublin Riots and the Internet Responds
Published November 24, 2023
My colleague Bob Hoge reported on the riots in Dublin, Ireland, overnight, with people smashing windows and setting things on fire.
https://x.com/citizenfreepres/status/1727849296941191315?s=46
The riots were kicked off after a man attacked several people including three children with a knife outside of an Irish-language school.
An adult woman and a 5-year-old girl suffered serious wounds in the knife attack, while a 5-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl sustained less serious wounds. Brave bystanders tackled the assailant and held him until police arrived.
There were rumors that the man was an Algerian immigrant, although the police have not as yet confirmed the man’s identity or the motivation behind the attack. Authorities said they don’t suspect terrorism.
However, “Far-right” was trending on X on Friday morning because of what the police commissioner said regarding the riots, and people were reacting to his words.
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SOURCE: www.redstate.com
RELATED: How social media inflames violence like Dublin riots
Published November 24, 2023
Following the attack outside a school in Parnell Squarein Dublin on Thursday, many were following the events on their phones throughout the day and into the night, with many getting their news from social media. As is the nature of social media platforms, each person was getting a personalised feed depending on what they clicked on, and no one knew what anyone else was seeing. A small number of “protestors” on the streets used fire to hide that they are a tiny minority who do not reflect the majority. Online, there was an explosion of xenophobic weaponisation of the attack, which is not visible as the fires are, but is more incendiary, with widespread and ongoing harm.
What role does social media play in this outbreak of violence, and other extraordinary outbreaks of violence and hate, such as the January 6 attack on the Capitol in the US? Shoshana Zuboff, a Harvard professor emeritus, highlights two key elements. First, the technology companies who run the various social media platforms make their money off the vast amounts of data they collect when people click on Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram, X, and so on. The more people click and share, the more data there is to sell to the vast data mining sector. The goal is to keep people clicking.
