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Twitter spreads riot porn — but censors a President vowing to restore law and order

29 May 2020

8:44 PM

29 May 2020

8:44 PM

If you have been following the Minneapolis riots on Twitter or Facebook, you may have come across an edgy new media channel called Unicorn Riot. The company is five years old and describes itself ‘viewer-supported’, ‘independent’ and ‘alternative’. In fact, it thrives by circulating images and videos of social unrest with indisputable glee — on riot porn, in other words.

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