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Xavier Greenwood

2 months

Two-tier policing is now part of public discourse. It's also a strand in the DNA of the modern far-right. For @tortoise I've traced the right-wing myth back to the 2012 manifesto of Kevin Carroll, co-founder of the EDL.

How hashtag #TwoTierKeir took over Musk’s X - Tortoise

The phrase "two-tier policing" was first used by the far-right over a decade ago. This week it went mainstream.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

This time last year Tommy Robinson was in the digital wilderness. Whereas this weekend his posts were viewed on Twitter over 126 million times. He has Elon Musk to thank, which he did on the Alex Jones Show on Friday. Today in @tortoise : Elon & Tommy.

Stoking hate: Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson - Tortoise

Tommy Robinson, who has been accused of stoking the anti-immigration riots, owes his huge platform to Elon Musk.

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Xavier Greenwood

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Thanks to @JoeMulhall_ for his input. He told me that Elon Musk needs to be called into parliament, and that Twitter should be facing extraordinary legal and financial scrutiny after the past two weeks. It's hard to disagree.

Stoking hate: Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson - Tortoise

Tommy Robinson, who has been accused of stoking the anti-immigration riots, owes his huge platform to Elon Musk.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

12 years ago Tommy Robinson's cousin, co-founder of the far-right EDL, ran for local election promising to end "two-tier policing". Laundered by Suella Braverman, Farage, and Elon Musk, the baseless idea has now gone mainstream. Today in @tortoise :

How hashtag #TwoTierKeir took over Musk’s X - Tortoise

The phrase "two-tier policing" was first used by the far-right over a decade ago. This week it went mainstream.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Recently Musk: – replied to a post by Robinson criticising Starmer’s response, amplifying it to his 193m followers; – questioned Robinson’s arrest under anti-terror laws; – allowed Robinson’s banned documentary to rack up over 33m views on X. + said "civil war is inevitable"

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Xavier Greenwood

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Robinson has: – falsely claimed people were stabbed by Muslims in Stoke-on-Trent & Stirling; – called for mass deportations and described violent protests in Southport as “justified”; – shared a video that incorrectly speculated the suspect in the Southport stabbings was Muslim.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

8 months

Who Trolled Amber is now out in the world. We've investigated what happened online around the Depp Heard trial. Was it orchestrated? If so, by whom? It’s been great to work with @AlexiMostrous for my first series as producer. Ep 1 & 2 out now @tortoise .

Who Trolled Amber?

What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

8 months

Who Trolled Amber out now. Our new @tortoise podcast series investigating what happened to Amber Heard online around Depp v Heard. Produced by me & hosted by @AlexiMostrous . It took us from a homicide in Florida to some strange goings on in Saudi Arabia.

Who Trolled Amber?

What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

5 months

Great to see Who Trolled Amber in TimeOut's 50 best podcasts to listen to in 2024.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

7 months

"The result is a staggering and nuanced revelation of how bots work on social media and on society, [and] the disturbing ease with which they can be employed." Great review of #WhoTrolledAmber in the Irish Times. Thanks so much @fiona_mccann . @tortoise

Who Trolled Amber? review: Relentless dig beneath Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard libel case makes a...

Podcast review: Why did public opinion seem to turn against Amber Heard? Alexi Mostrous unearths one ominous factor that may have been responsible

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

8 months

Episode 1 and 2 of Who Trolled Amber, our new @tortoise podcast, out now if you want some weekend listening: Episode 3 out on Tuesday.

'Who trolled Amber Heard?' New podcast dives deep into Twitter conspiracy

The podcast found that over 50 per cent of #AmberHeardIsAnAbuser tweets were ‘inauthentic’, from bots or paid accounts

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

4 months

Rumours that Farage's emergency announcement could be that he is standing as MP. Reform have told me they are looking into Tony Mack, candidate in Clacton, where Farage has been touted to stand, after I put to them Mack's social media history. @tortoise

Reform candidate in Clacton posted “transparent antisemitism” - Tortoise

There are 28 seats where the UK’s Reform Party is polling above 20 per cent and may threaten Tory hopes. One of them is Clacton, the Essex constituency where Nigel Farage, the party’s honorary chair,...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

7 months

Episode three of #WhoTrolledAmber is out today. With the help of our experts – and our own digging – we start to find out what happened to Amber Heard online, from trolls in Chile to bots in Thailand. @tortoise @AlexiMostrous

Into the dark | Who Trolled Amber Ep 3

Elon's Spies | Tortoise Investigates · Episode

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

7 months

The sixth and final episode of #WhoTrolledAmber is out now. We focus in on Johnny Depp's lawyer and some of the real-life trolls who targeted Amber Heard. @tortoise

Public enemy | Who Trolled Amber Ep 6

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

With thanks to @marcowenjones who shared research with us that showed how the #twotierkeir hashtag rumbled along at a low level before being boosted by right-wing accounts and then eventually Elon Musk. At that point, it exploded.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Great to see my piece on Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson discussed by @lewis_goodall on excellent @TheNewsAgents around 23.10.

Starmer vs Musk: the incredible first battle of the Labour Government

The News Agents · Episode

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

And today, it's continued:

Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧

@TRobinsonNewEra

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The world knows what we are living under

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

8 months

"There are many podcasts about how the internet is changing the world, turning lies into truth and vice versa. This has the potential to be one of the most chilling." Review of Who Trolled Amber in this weekend's Guardian:

The week in audio: Three Million; Who Trolled Amber?; Who We Are Now; A Muslim & a Jew Go There –...

Kavita Puri’s superb account of the 1943 Bengal famine needs to be heard; Alexi Mostrous chills with an investigation into social media hate; and the ‘madly articulate’ David Baddiel and Sayeeda...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

7 months

"They both had been through what they had felt was a bruising harrowing mistreatment by the global media and by the establishment." In episode 5 of #WhoTrolledAmber , the relationship between Johnny Depp and MBS. And the Saudi flies. @tortoise

Who Trolled Amber?

What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

8 months

"Even if you don’t care much for the trials of Heard, we should all be concerned about the online world’s potential impact on our politics and society." Great review of Who Trolled Amber from @PatriciaNicol in the Sunday Times. 🎧 where you get your pods

Three Million is the best history podcast I’ve heard in years

A gripping, thought-provoking take on the 1943 Bengal famine and Winston Churchill’s part in it

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

The irony is that there are credible arguments around two-tier policing, but not in how it's discussed above. There are 24.5 stop and searches for every 1,000 black people, but just 5.9 per 1,000 white people. I've not heard much about that from Tommy Robinson or Elon Musk.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

4 years

@hassan_akkad Congrats Hassan – I've been following your story since Exodus a few years ago. I'm really happy for you !

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Today in @tortoise , my analysis on how online disinformation ignited unrest across the UK:

Southport stabbings: how online disinformation ignited unrest across the UK - Tortoise

Axel Rudakubana has been named as the 17 year-old charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. Rudakubana was not initially...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Tracing the history of the term offers a petri dish for understanding how fringe ideas become mainstream. The term was laundered through people like Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick and Elon Musk, and publications like Spiked and the Spectator.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Always good to hear from a fan! Where am I going to get deported to? Burnley?

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

8 months

@AlexiMostrous @tortoise It was a real team effort, marshalled by @Geordiedav and @GaryJMarshall90 , with amazing sound by Karla Patella and artwork by Oscar Ingham.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Then about a week ago, the #twotierkeir hashtag started circulating on Twitter. It was picked up by the likes of Darren Grimes and Laurence Fox, and then it reached its apotheosis with Elon Musk. Now it's in the headline of Telegraph articles. Go figure!

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

8 months

Delighted to introduce Who Trolled Amber, a new six-part series, the first I've produced for @tortoise . We've investigated what happened to Amber Heard online. Was she the victim of an organised hate campaign? And if so, who was responsible?

Introducing ... Tortoise Investigates

Elon's Spies | Tortoise Investigates · Episode

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Odd way to hear the news, but great news nonetheless

LizaMinnelliOutlives

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Liza Minnelli has outlived Evan Gershkovich's time in a Russian prison. The Wall Street Journal reporter was detained on falsified espionage charges and originally sentenced to 16 years. He has been released.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

5 months

The full series is available to listen for free wherever you get your pods.

Missing evidence | Who Trolled Amber Ep 1

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

A woman has been arrested in relation to a social media post containing inaccurate information about the identity of the suspect in the Southport murders. Here's a piece I wrote for @tortoise last week on how disinfo helped ignite riots across the UK.

Southport stabbings: how online disinformation ignited unrest across the UK - Tortoise

Axel Rudakubana has been named as the 17 year-old charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. Rudakubana was not initially...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

4 months

Enjoyed representing @tortoise at various events in the past couple of weeks! Firstly, I spoke about Who Trolled Amber with @AlexiMostrous @suigenerisjen and @ginasue , and then about our Sacklers podcast with @Geordiedav at the delightful @ThePapersLive

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

6 months

always good to hear what old schoolmates are up to

Strawberry Kay🍓

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6 months

This is absolutely INSANE??????!!!

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

6 months

One of the stranger stories I've covered, owing to the fact that I was at school with Charles Withers (Charlie, as far as I remember). On an estranged husband and the power of whisper networks and online sleuths who tracked him down. @tortoise

Missing husband caught in the web - Tortoise

It took less than 24 hours for online sleuths to track down a man who had allegedly been missing for a year. On Saturday, a Massachusetts woman called Ashley McGuire took to social media to ask for...

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

4 months

Great to see Who Trolled Amber named by @TIME one of the best podcasts of the year so far!

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Here are the best podcasts of the year so far

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

2 months

Our continued analysis on racist violence across the UK. Including men inspecting drivers through their car windows and asking them if they're white, and rioters reportedly trying to smash a gravestone to use as projectiles. w/ @CatNeilan @tortoise

Anti-immigration riots erupt across UK - Tortoise

Keir Starmer condemns “far-right thuggery” in dozens of cities over the weekend.

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Xavier Greenwood

@XAMGreenwood

3 years

@NickKristof Thanks for sharing @NickKristof

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