Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-03-10 13:49:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 14F37A69B3B274F162CCAF41AC73E4F9AE149D0FDE76A6AA0B25A445C87D51D7
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Original Note:
Misleading. Melia was convicted of stirring up racial hatred, for distributing stickers, including antisemitic ones, that go far beyond what Leo suggests. Also for encouraging racially motivated criminal damage. https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/updated-sentence-far-right-organiser-found-guilty-intent-stir-racial-hatred-through Melia is a white supremacist who talks of gassing Jews. https://hopenothate.org.uk/2024/03/01/sam-melia-another-patriotic-alternative-racist-behind-bars/
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