First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to āoverwhelmā official systems
Neo-Nazi andĀ far-rightĀ agitators are exploiting Scotlandās newĀ hate crime lawĀ to make vexatious complaints en masse in an attempt to āoverwhelmā police systems.
A prominent figure in Englandās white nationalist movement is among those urging followers to spam PoliceĀ ScotlandĀ with anonymous online reports, theĀ *ObserverĀ *has found.
The leader of a far-right group ā one of several fringe organisations being assessed by the UK government under itsĀ new extremism definitionĀ ā promoted a private channel on the encrypted messaging app Telegram that includes a ācall to actionā urging members to āmass reportā.
Posts in the channel instruct members to log cases of supposed āanti-whiteā hate, which they say includes a statement on the police forceās website that āyoung men aged 18-30 are most likely to commit hate crimeā.
I agree ACAB, thatās why anonymous complaints are a good thing. That way the cops canāt easily retaliate on you if you report a neo-nazi threat you saw on Facebook and it turns out to be their buddy
What is this scenario are you creating in your head? Since when do police do anything about Facebook?
Yeah man I think police are on the whole stupid bastards but I still think if you reported seeing a post from a neo nazi saying heās going to burn down the local gay bar on Facebook theyād still look into it