By Cyprien Ronze-Spilliaert, graduated from the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay and the Project-Innovation-Design master’s program of École Polytechnique

"In July last year, the United Kingdom was struck by a wave of violent riots targeting migrants and Muslim places of worship. A tragedy and false information were at the origin of these public order disturbances. After a 17-year-old British youth murdered three young girls in Southport on July 29, 2024, numerous far-right and neo-fascist accounts falsely claimed that the perpetrator of these crimes was a Rwandan Muslim immigrant and asylum seeker. These events illustrate the growing role of disinformation in insecurity and public disorder. Disinformation consists of spreading information that is “false or inaccurate, created with the deliberate intention to mislead people”, and “likely to disturb public order”."

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