Deluge of abuse sent on X to prominent UK politicians in election period
by Eleni Courea from on (#6QJYE)
Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Diane Abbott, Suella Braverman and Sadiq Khan received between them 85,000 abusive messages, study finds
The UK's most prominent politicians were subjected to a deluge of abuse on X during the general election period, one of the most comprehensive studies of online abuse in politics has found.
Five politicians - Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Diane Abbott, Suella Braverman and Sadiq Khan - were, between them, sent more than 85,000 clearly abusive messages between 1 May and 30 July, according to the findings from researchers at the University of Sheffield.
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