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Crosses borders.

5 storys that crosses borders rather than sitting in one country.

United States 69 United Kingdom 16 Netherlands 4 Belgium 1 Germany 1 Israel 1 Crosses borders 5

3 recorded statements, the most serious of them calls for violence.

Statements. Nothing to check, so these carry a severity instead.

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Calls for violenceCross-borderProtected groups
What was said

The Islamic State's spokesman told followers to keep attacking Jewish and Christian targets, and pointed at the dead as proof it works.

Who it targets

Jewish people and Christians

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HatefulCross-borderProtected groups
What was said

Europe is being raped and Brussels is holding her down, she posted.

Who it targets

Migrants to Europe, cast as the assailant

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HatefulCross-borderProtected groups
What was said

Ban these tunnel dwellers at the airport, he wrote.

Who it targets

The group named by the entry-ban premise

Claims we tested, and the roundups that collect them.

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Cross-borderReligion What we found

Thirty-nine of the 59 confirmed items target Jewish people. Every script that reached the top severity tier targets Muslims.

The catch

The heaviest cluster of the half-year isn't a set of posts. It's a hearing, a bill, a ballot measure, and a signed law.

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Cross-borderThe World Cup What we found

Nine of the 33 accounts and posts we followed through the tournament crossed into hate.

The catch

All five underlying stories were in circulation before a ball was kicked.

Cut these 5 another way

How far it goes

What it's about

Where it sits

When it was said