In a another report on this issue, it also says:

… In recent weeks, other migrants have also been targeted, often following false claims spread online. Earlier this month on 1 July, an Afghan man who is seeking asylum from the Irish State was attacked in the Parnell Street area of Limerick city a day after false accusations were made about him approaching children in a video posted on social media.

Gardaí [the national police and security service of the Republic of Ireland] described the claims as “misinformation and disinformation.”

In another case last year, Nigerian architect Onyema Udeze was attacked in Dublin after being falsely accused of rape … Gardaí said the allegations were unfounded, but they again gained considerable traction online.

Mr. Udeze’s case has been reported last year, saying:

The [false and unfounded] claims about Mr Udeze were amplified and spread online fits into a trend in how racist and anti-migrant networks operate, according to Niamh McDonald of Hope and Courage Collective.

“For years we’ve seen a direct link between the disinformation that happens online and the generation of fear and increasing division of violence in our communities, whether that be directed towards people seeking asylum, people from maybe the Muslim community and also the LGBTQI community,” Ms McDonald told Prime Time.

In Ireland, the people behind circulating and amplifying such content are often a small but highly-networked minority, Ms McDonald said.

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