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Author: Bryan Wall

Leo Varadkar defending white men is no mistake. It’s a play for far-right votes

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Leo Varadkar is not one to make gaffes. He knows what he’s saying when he says it. And […]

Bryan Wall 14/08/2020 Opinion

Aoife Gallagher of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue: QAnon is a ‘delivery mechanism for many different disinformation campaigns’

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One of the more interesting and terrifying aspects of Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory has been the emergence […]

Bryan Wall 11/08/2020 Analysis

Treating asylum seekers as less than human for 20 years has caused this hunger strike

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What does it say about us as a country that asylum seekers have to go on hunger strike […]

Bryan Wall 30/07/2020 Opinion

‘Major spikes’ in QAnon activity online as the conspiracy theory takes hold in Ireland

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A new report has pointed to “major spikes” in QAnon activity online since March. The conspiracy theory, which […]

Bryan Wall 26/07/2020 Analysis

Far-right Síol na hÉireann registered as private company and may be breaching fundraising laws

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Far-right group Síol na hÉireann may be in violation of rules governing acceptance of donations for political purposes. […]

Bryan Wall 21/07/2020 Investigations

Zuckerberg might be facing up to his Trump problem but it’s for the wrong reasons

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Is Facebook finally starting to feel the consequences of platforming hate speech? The question remains to be answered, […]

Bryan Wall 30/06/2020 Opinion

Far-right Telegram group calls for vigilantes to target anti-racism activists

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Members of far right and anti-lockdown groups on Telegram have called for action to be taken against Black […]

Bryan Wall 14/06/2020 Analysis

An interview from Minneapolis: ‘There was a lot of sadness, and many people’s sadness turned into rage’

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The murder of George Floyd by a police officer, as his colleagues looked on, was as shocking as […]

Bryan Wall 03/06/2020 Analysis

Facebook potentially an ‘echo chamber of white supremacism’ as algorithms benefit the far right

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Facebook is failing to do enough to stop white supremacist groups using the platform to recruit followers and […]

Bryan Wall 27/05/2020 Analysis

Irish anti-lockdown groups are using Telegram to organise protests and promote conspiracy theories

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A number of private online groups are calling for nationwide protests to demand an end to the lockdown […]

Bryan Wall 16/05/2020 Investigations

COVID-19 has shown that profits are more important than the lives of asylum seekers

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When COVID-19 hit Ireland the government seemed to falter in its response. It acted slowly and not tenaciously […]

Bryan Wall 10/05/2020 Analysis

The far right is using the COVID-19 pandemic ‘to propagate racism and anti-immigration sentiment’

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A new report has disclosed that the far-right is trying to use the COVID-19 pandemic “to propagate racism […]

Bryan Wall 23/04/2020 Analysis

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