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(Jewish Group) 'Hundreds of thousands' drawn to conspiracies around Holocaust denial...
'Hundreds of thousands' drawn to conspiracies around Holocaust denial as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, new report warnsHundreds of thousands of people have been drawn into conspiracies around Holocaust denial and ideas normally associated with the extreme far right as a result of the increased time spent at home in front of the internet during the lockdowns, the authors of a new report have warned.
Nick Lowles, chief executive of the campaign group Hope Not Hate, said that a “whole new layer of people” have been drawn into conspiracy theories and far-right ideas as they have struggled to make sense of life over the past 12 months during the pandemic.
He said: “Ten or 15 years ago for anyone to obtain Holocaust denial material, you really had to go to a site of the extreme far-right.
“These days, these conspiracies are mingled in on much broader and wider platforms.
“I think it is concerning and we are not sure where it is going to go.
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