Reading the post-riot posts: how we traced far-right radicalisation across 51,000 Facebook messages

Jail sentences for those who made posts about the UK riots in summer 2024 have become a flashpont for online criticism. Jail sentences for those who made posts about the UK riots in summer 2024 have become a flashpont for online criticism. More than 1,100 people have been charged in connection to the summer 2024 riots. A small number of them were charged for offences related to their online activity. Their jail sentences - which ranged from 12 weeks to seven years - became a flashpoint for online criticism.