Mike Sheridan
immikesheridan.bsky.social
Mike Sheridan
@immikesheridan.bsky.social
Filmmaker and journalist. Feature doc Amplified coming soon
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Research from us looking at how social media platforms once again failed to take action on content inciting violence in Northern Ireland last week
After 2 Romanian teenagers were charged with an attack on a teenage girl in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, social media platforms were at the heart of a coordinated campaign of anti-migrant violence. Read ISD's analysis of an increasing pattern of online mobilisation translating into offline violence.
“Get them out, keep them out”: How social media fuelled violent attacks against migrants in Northern Ireland
After two Romanian teens were charged in an attack on a girl in Ireland, online hate fueled violence in Northern Ireland—the latest in a wider trend where platform failures lead to real-world harm.
www.isdglobal.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Tucker Carlson is in Ireland and meeting Conor McGregor this evening. Far right American influence over Irish political discourse is only continuing to grow.
April 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Bondi seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione is both politically performative and shortsighted. This will backfire spectacularly www.reuters.com/legal/us-pro...
US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione, Bondi says
U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group's insurance division, in New York last year.
www.reuters.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’d love to know what my friends in the UK think of this clip of Marjorie Taylor Greene and a reporter from @skynewsrss.bsky.social (shoutout to the reporter who used his question to support his colleague)
March 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM