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Comment by gassi

4 hours ago

> Parlour, of Seacroft, Leeds, who called for an attack on a hotel housing refugees and asylum seekers on Facebook, became the first person to be jailed for stirring up racial hatred during the disorder.

> Kay was convicted after he used social media to call for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight.

Calling for an attack on a person or persons IS the crime. It was a crime before social media existed as well.