Islamophobic abuse and social media - BBC News

Almost 7,000 Islamophobic tweets were sent, in English, every day last month. In April it was an average of two and a half thousand a day. July saw the most anti-islamic abuse on the site for five months as Europe was hit by the Nice terror attack and the murder of a Priest. Researchers at the think-tank Demos collected the data and with police predicting a terror attack for the UK they say this kind of abuse is likely to escalate. Catrin Nye has this exclusive report - which contains some very strong language. Filmed by Joshua Baker Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Islamic State's 'Most Wanted'    • Playlist   World In Pictures    • Playlist   Big Hitters    • Playlist   Just Good News    • Positive stories | BBC News