On May 5, 2024, the X account @sh*tlondon posted a photo of gridlocked traffic on a British motorway and said it showed people fleeing London to escape sharia law after Labour politician Sadiq Khan won a third successive term as the city's mayor. The caption read: "Incredible scenes as people flee London after Khan's victory. However, the original post was not a factual recounting of real-life events. Its caption read: "The M1 after the police closed the motorway for more than six hours because of what appeared to be a black bin liner." It was used in news articles in The Guardian and Mail Online, and a similar image appeared on stock photography agency Alamy's website that same day.
