On Facebook, Robinson has more than 1 million followers from at least a dozen countries outside the UK, including the US, Australia, Sweden and Norway. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tommy Robinson’s Facebook page, before the blue ‘donate’ button was removed. A small Australian rightwing group, Australian Liberty Alliance, says it has helped fund Robinson, but did not disclose how much. “The clustered focus on the Tommy Robinson case in late May suggests that Russian-linked accounts saw his arrest as a clear opportunity to amplify political divisions both in the UK and abroad,” said Bret Schafer, a social media analyst at the US-based ASD. Fiyaz Mughal, the founder of Tell Mama, which records anti-Muslim hate crimes, described the US and Russian support for Robinson as foreign interventionism.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2018 16:00 UTC