《卫报》的分析显示，在X平台上关于贝尔法斯特和南安普敦6月骚乱事件的8672个合并浏览量超过1000的账户中，仅45.3%来自英国[1]。相比之下，16.8%的账户位于美国，4.5%位于爱尔兰，约四分之一来自欧洲其他国家[1]。在这些事件相关的12条最热推文中，有7条源自美国账户[1]。
美国右翼人士和评论员利用这些冲突事件扩大影响力。近三分之一的约43000条相关帖子（约13000条）包含仇恨或反移民评论[1]。其中，埃隆·马斯克发布的一条关于亨利·诺瓦克案件的帖子被浏览超过2800万次[1]。
反仇恨中心首席执行官伊姆兰·艾哈迈德表示，X已成为"敌对外国势力的选择武器"[1]。
Analysis by the Guardian has revealed that among 8,672 accounts with combined view counts exceeding 1,000 posting about June unrest in Belfast and Southampton, only 45.3 percent were based in the UK. [1] 16.8 percent originated from the United States and 4.5 percent from Ireland, with approximately one quarter of the remaining accounts located elsewhere in Europe. [1]
The trend was particularly pronounced in top-performing content, with seven of the twelve most-viewed tweets about the Belfast and Southampton incidents originating from American users. [1] Nearly one third of approximately 43,000 related posts—around 13,000 posts—contained hate speech or anti-immigration commentary. [1] A post by Elon Musk regarding the Henry Novak case received over 28 million views. [1]
Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Centre for Counters Extremism, characterized X as "the weapon of choice for hostile foreign actors." [1] The analysis underscores how social media discourse surrounding domestic unrest in the UK has become subject to manipulation and amplification by international actors.