Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

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1. Sun, 9 August 2026

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   • The Guardian World14:00first to report
     Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

     Exclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were located overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from US More than half the accounts that posted on Elon Musk’s X about the rioting in Belfast and the civil disorder in Southampton in June were based outside the UK, an analysis by the Guardian can reveal. Of the 8,672 accounts whose combined posts about the events exceeded 1,000 views, just 45.3% were shown as from the UK, according to the social media platform’s own location function....