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A violent wave of civil unrest and a flood of disinformation on social media have once again brought the U.K.’s Leeds into the limelight. The contemporary Leeds riots kicked off in Harehills, a deprived area of Leeds, adjacent to Chapeltown, which has a history of bad press.
The current riots clearly reflect how disinformation is a deadly virus in the age of social media that causes irreparable damage.
By all standards, Leeds is a vibrant, diverse, rising economic hub, home to world-ranking universities, the birthplace of leading businesses and a future city with green lush parks. That’s one description of my second home.
Conversely, from the fierce rivalry between the Leeds United and Manchester United football clubs often described as a “war of roses,” Leeds has been associated with social disorder and rioting.
