Pakistan, Aug. 7 -- The design and policy choices of X created fertile ground for inflammatory and racist narratives targeting Muslims and migrants following last year's deadly Southport attack in the United Kingdom, a new analysis showed on Wednesday. According to research published by Amnesty International, social media platform X played a "central role" in the spread of false narratives and harmful content, which contributed to riots against Muslim and migrant communities in Britain.

The technical analysis of X's open-source code or publicly available software showed that its recommender system, also known as content-ranking algorithms, "systematically prioritises" content that sparks outrage, provokes heated exchanges, reactions and ...