Turning to those horrific scenes in Belfast – too many times we see the same pattern, an appalling crime that makes us all feel immense pain and anger, and then extremists who exploit that grief and anger to spread hatred and violence, aided and abetted by social media barons like Elon Musk and their divisive algorithms.
During Prime Minister's Questions addressing social media's role in violence.
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