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Facebook Likes and Shares come first for Britain First

July 19, 2014, 6:48 pm
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[Guest post]

Well it seems that the far right group known as Britain First aren’t putting Britain first. Facebook is a bigger priority.

Some of my friends ‘Liked’ photos of theirs, and when I asked them why, they said they didn’t even know what Britain First was and just happened to have seen the post. So it all made sense.

Britain First is disguising its posts with messages that people can ‘Like’ and ‘Share’, hence people can just see its posts more. It’s marketing.

And because there are so many people on Facebook who share everything without questioning, Britain First is able to reach out. The admin on Facebook is not even trying at times – begging ‘Share me share me!’





One may ask me: “So what if Britain First has thousands of followers, and so what if a photo gets shared?” Well I say that promoting a far right group that deserves no positive attention is doing harm. All those photos are just a ploy to get you engaged so Britain First can achieve its political ambitions.

Also, why should you have to prove you support the troops by sharing a photo on your wall? Why should you prove yourself by doing something some random Facebook page tells you to?

So if you stumble on a Facebook post, make sure you see who is sharing it and don’t be a sucker.

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EDL thugs involved in violence trying to get into pub

October 5, 2014, 1:46 pm
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English Defence League (EDL) supporters became involved in ‘grotesque violence’ as they tried to get into a pub on their way back from a rally, a court heard.

The Express and Star reported EDL supporters from Rugeley and Tamworth and drinkers at a pub clashed in Nuneaton.

It led to six men being sentenced at Warwick Crown Court for their parts in the disorder.

But because of the long delay in the police getting the case to court following the incident in February 2011, all six were handed suspended prison sentences.

Christopher Tully, John Horton, Neil Grant and Daniel Edkins were all sentenced to eight months in prison suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to violent disorder.

Tully, 26, of Tamworth was also ordered to do 130 hours of unpaid work and to pay £300 costs.

Horton, 44, of Rugeley, whose health problems make him unfit for unpaid work, was made subject to a 4pm to 3am electronically-tagged curfew for three months.

Grant, 45, of Nuneaton, was ordered to do 120 hours work and pay £300 costs, and Edkins, 31, of Nuneaton, to do 110 hours and to pay £100 costs.

Stephen Ginnelly, 52, of Nuneaton, who had also admitted violent disorder, and Douglas Tully, 25, of Dosthill, who had pleaded guilty to affray, were both sentenced to six months suspended for 12 months. They were both ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work, with Ginnelly having to pay £100 costs and Douglas Tully £200.

A seventh man, Ross Gilbert, 27, of Rugeley, who had admitted violent disorder, failed to turn up at the court, and his case was adjourned.

The prosecutor said: “The disorder involved two groups. Both Tullys, together with Horton and Gilbert were part of the EDL group; and the second group was the other three defendants who were enjoying an evening in a pub in Nuneaton, the George Eliot in Bridge Street.

“The EDL group had been to Luton to an EDL demonstration. They got off the train and went into Nuneaton town centre. They bought some fish and chips and made their way to the George.”

Further reading:
  1. EDL thugs in 'grotesque violence’
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Britain First radicalises public with post likely to be untrue

October 6, 2014, 5:55 am
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In a previous article (here), we examined how far-right UK group Britain First shared a quote supposedly made by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini that claimed he said that: “A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby...”

After research, we concluded that there is no evidence this quote ever existed, even though Britain First admins irrationally came to the conclusion it was a ‘true quote’.

But because Britain First said it was true, gullible Britain First supporters (and those who are not) immediately had their emotions stirred.

Without checking whether what Britain First posted was true, people voiced outrage and some even went to the lengths of posting up comments some may find extreme. It seems they were directed at mainly those of the Muslim faith.

Here are some disturbing ones we found on the Facebook page.















This is yet another example of how groups such as Britain First are feeding extremism.
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Four men go on trial over EDL violence in Birmingham

October 8, 2014, 10:44 am
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The Birmingham Mail reported that police were injured and property was damaged as English Defence League (EDL) members tried to break through a police cordon in Birmingham to get at counter demonstrators, a court heard.


The violence occurred on July 20 last year by EDL demonstrators “only concerned in causing public disorder,” it was claimed.

Thomas Wilkie, 22, of Wednesbury, Paul Mckenzie, 48, of Cleveland, Andrew Edge, 44, of South Stockport and Shane Williams, 26, of Leicester, all denied a charge of violent disorder.

The prosecutor said around 1,800 EDL supporters had gathered outside Bar Risa by 1pm on the day of the demonstration.

He said: “Officers had become concerned at this stage given the numbers. There were also members of the public with views opposing those of the EDL and there were verbal confrontations.

“It was then decided that the police would move on the demonstrators to Centenary Square. That is when the trouble really began.”

He said the EDL demonstrators attacked the cordon, adding: “There was some pushing and lunging towards the police and kicking and punching. Things were being thrown at police, bricks and stones, things of that nature.”

Reinforcements were drafted in, with officers wearing full protective gear, and the disorder lasted a number of hours, the court heard.

Further reading:
  1. Four men go on trial over 'EDL violence' in Birmingham
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Britain First lie on BBC about Facebook control

October 9, 2014, 5:22 am
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The BBC has documented Britain First in a 3 minute clip documenting how far-right groups such as them, have grown via social media.

In the 3 minute video, Britain First’s leader Paul Goulding was questioned about posts written by supporters on its Facebook page. An image of a comment is used as an example in the BBC video which reads: “For every sausage eaten or rasher of bacon we should chop off a Muslims head”.

Goulding arged: “You gotta remember that a Facebook page is public. We have no control whatsoever over who posts on there.”

Although it is true anyone can post on the Britain First Facebook page, it is certainly not true that Britain First admins have no control over what is posted.

Countless people, who have commented arguing with them, questioning them about policies and what they stand for, as well as insulting them, have been banned from the group by Britain First admins. This happens on a regular basis.

Britain First admins also comment on user posts when it suits them, like below.


So they do infact have control, a good amount, over their page.

You can watch the video here.
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Britain First share ‘true’ Ayatollah quote to spread hate

October 9, 2014, 5:27 am
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We have documented how many far-right groups and organisations have passed off information purporting it to be true when it was actually false, made-up, or just fabricated.

Britain First is now also on our list.

They shared a supposed quote from Ayatollah Khomeini, claiming he said that: “A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby. However, he should not penetrate vaginally, but sodomising the child is acceptable...”


Before we go further it is important to note that Khomeini was an Iranian leader, and is not the ‘current leader of Iran’ as Britain First wrote. He died in 1989.

So moving on, as we are sceptics, we did some research on the quote in question. It is claimed that it came from the ‘fourth edition’ of his book Tahrirolvasyleh (also known as Tahrir al Wasilah).

But we found out that there is actually little proof that this was ever said.

On forums, some critics said that the ‘fourth volume’ mentioned as reference doesn’t exist, or that the quotes given were deliberate mistranslations or forgeries (the book was supposedly translated from Arabic to Farsi too).

What we do know is that the quotes started circulating on the web. And the only thing that we find on the net are unsourced quotes, which makes it hard for anyone to confirm it was true. There are no page copies and no PDFs of the book in question.

Yet, Britain First claimed this was a ‘true quote’ to all their supporters.

Note: You may also like to read our other articles that expose various right-wing groups and sites who have tried deliberately manipulating, or making up information, to further their cause. Please find links below.

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Britain First fuelling Christian extremism

October 9, 2014, 9:36 am
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Britain First claims to uphold and promote Christian beliefs. According to Hope Not Hate, two of the men who played a key role in its creation announced the formation of a group to protect “British and Christian morality” in 2011.

Members of the group (including the current leader) ‘invaded’ mosques giving out Bibles preaching “Jesus Christ, our Lord”. The group also set up its own ‘Christian patrols’ and attracted a lot of media attention.

But strangely, Britain First seems to idolise the crusaders who had their fair share in wars and bloodshed in holy wars against Muslims (the “infidels” in the eyes of crusaders).

Now, Britain First regularly post up photos of crusaders, as shown below.

Posted on 5 October
Posted on 8 October

In the comments section we find some disturbing posts, with some supporters advocating for another ‘holy war’.













Is Britain First radicalising people?

Note: Britain First has banned countless people who oppose the group, but doesn’t really seem to ban anyone who advocates a ‘holy war’ or incites violence.
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Britain First have no respect for veterans and this is proof

March 9, 2015, 8:19 am
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Far right hate group Britain First came under fire worldwide for posting up an image of a Navy veteran holding up a photoshopped sign.

The Yorkshire Standard reported that the group posted up a FAKE image of a Muslim man holding up a sign that read: “Boycott bigotry and kill all non Muslims”.


The original image was of Dawud Walid who was taking part in a anti-racism rally, as shown below.


He is a Navy veteran who has served in the United States Navy and earned two United States Navy & Marine Corp Achievement medals.

But sick Britain First edited and shared the photoshopped image to over 600,000 people on Facebook and it was additionally circulated over 2000 times.

When the news story published by the YS got popular, Britain First removed the image out of fear because they knew people had found out what they had done.

Mr Walid said he reported Britain First to the UK authorities for defamation and slander.

Another piece of proof that Britain First has no respect for veterans is when the leader of the group was recorded by a veteran collecting money for Help for Heroes in a charity scam.

Read about it here.
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Britain First supporters glorify Islamic State bombing of innocents

March 21, 2015, 11:09 am
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Britain First claims to fight ‘terrorists, hate preachers and extremists’. But its leaders and supporters don’t realise the hate group is feeding extremism itself.

Britain First today (21 March 2015) posted up a BBC story that reported that Islamic State (IS) terrorists carried out suicide bombings on two mosques in the Yemen.


The devastating attacks killed at least 137 people and injured over 300 innocent people.

But disturbing comments were left by Britain First supporters who seemed to find the murder of innocents acceptable by IS terrorists.

Here are some support comments we found on the post, which is further proof that groups like Britain First are feeding extremism in the country.








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How to be the perfect Britain First Facebook admin

March 24, 2015, 1:41 pm
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[Guest post]

Being an online administrator for the far-right hate group known as Britain First isn’t a difficult job, but it does involve photoshopping photos and being mentally-prepared to deceive thousands of people.

Here are the roles and responsibilities that being an admin entails.

1. Fabricating images

Britain First can be called the masters of deception, but unfortunately the gullible believe them.

Earlier this year, Britain First photoshopped a photo making it look as though a Muslim was holding a sign that read: “Boycott bigotry and kill all non Muslims” in a bid to incite hate.

But what they didn’t realise was that they disrespected a Navy veteran who was attending an anti-racism rally, holding a sign that only read “Boycott bigotry”. 


After the story went viral, the group quickly removed the image and tried to cover their tracks.

The post is just one of the many fake images Britain First shares to deceive its supporters for measly clicks.

2. Tarnishing famous figures by making up quotes

Britain First recently drew criticism after it shared an image of Marco Polo which made it look like Marco Polo said that “the militant Muslim is the person who beheads the infidel, while the moderate Muslim holds the feet of the victim”.


But according to a site that debunks rumours and fake stories, the quote was never recorded as being said by Marco Polo or the compiler of his travel tales.

Here’s another photo of Winston Churchill being used for Britain First propaganda.


3. Sharing pictures of dogs for click-bait

Britain First admins do anything for click-bait, and that even involves sharing images of dogs just so people can Like and Share their posts.

Here’s an example that caught much attention. But the majority of people who shared this image didn’t know what Britain First was or what it stood for.


Here’s another picture shared by the group in an effort to pull in gullible support from America.


4. Scaring people about immigration

Britain First are against immigration and seems to reinforce the views that immigrants and asylum seekers – and all foreigners for that matter – are swarming into the UK uncontrollably.

By sharing silly images, admins strategically play on people’s fears that immigrants are ‘taking over’, which is not the case.


The views merely help parties like UKIP become favorable to voters. It’s no surprise as Britain First is pro-UKIP.

5. Targeting Muslims

Of course, a Britain First admin can’t be an admin without being a bigot who hates Islam and Muslims and will do anything to make Islam and Muslims look bad, even if it involves making up lies.

Britain First also constantly plays on irrational fears of Islam ‘taking over’ the UK and even shares outrageous photos that scares gullible supporters.


Britain First also brag about their stunts online such as the time when a group of them ‘invaded mosques’ and harassed old men who were just wanting to pray.


6. Anyone who doesn’t like Britain First = TRAITOR

Britain First is an intolerant hate group.

In their eyes, traitors can include (but are not limited to): ‘Lefties’ and all that is not far-right, socialists, Muslims, new Muslims, people with beards, immigrants, asylum seekers, people who oppose Britain First ideology, and people who don’t support UKIP.




7. Banning online critics and questioners

As previously said, Britain First is an intolerant hate group.

The group claims to defend free speech, free expression and British freedoms - but it routinely bans anyone who even politely questions them on Facebook, and also openly says it does.


Freedom of speech only applies if you agree with Britain First, but if you happen to disagree, then freedom doesn’t exist for you. Hypocrisy at its finest.

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Jewish Defence League thugs sentenced for assault on activists

March 24, 2015, 6:02 pm
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Two people affiliated with the Jewish Defence League UK were sentenced this week to 150 hours of community service each and £1,140 in fines between them.

Image courtesy: Asa Winstanley/The Electronic Intifada

According to The Electronic Intifada, former JDL leader Roberta Moore and Robert De Jonge assaulted two people at a Palestinian Literary Festival in London in September.

Last month, a judge found Moore guilty on two counts of assault, and one count of possession of an offensive weapon. De Jonge was found guilty of assault.

In addition to the unpaid work, the two must pay compensation to their victims: The organiser of the festival, and another man who had been running a bookstall that day.

The video below was presented as evidence during the two-day trial in February.

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Britain First cry babies are the only ones offended by flags

March 24, 2015, 7:10 pm
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Far-right hate group Britain First regularly complain about people (particularly foreigners) being offended by flags, as countless repetitive click-bait posts would suggest.




But Britain First don’t realise that no-one is being stopped from flying flags, and no-one seems to be offended by them (even the group fly them in demonstrations with no problem).

Recently it was Pakistan day, and Rochdale Council decided to fly the Pakistani flag in solidarity just for the day.

But Britain First cry babies were the only ones who were offended by a flag. They posted up a link to a story to incite hate saying: “ROCHDALE COUNCIL FLIES THE PAKISTANI FLAG! AGAIN!”.


Some supporters showed their true colours by using racial slurs, and some even sent Rochdale Council messages of abuse on social media.

Intolerance and hypocrisy from Britain First yet again.
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Britain First disrespect Muslim veteran’s funeral

March 25, 2015, 3:44 pm
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Britain First have shamed themselves once again for disrespecting a WW2 veteran’s funeral.

In an attempt to incite hate, Britain First posted up an image of Muslims praying outside and wrote a caption reading: “MEANWHILE IN BIRMINGHAM….”.


As Britain First had intended to stoke fear and outrage, some supporters were quick to call for death, including suggestions to bomb the innocent people with “napalm bombs” and “grenades”, as shown by screenshots below.







The truth behind the image

The image was in fact stolen from the Birmingham Mail who wrote a story last month.

It had reported on the funeral of Sufi Muhammed Abdullah Khan, a mosque founder who had served in the British Indian Army in WW2.

Called an “inspirational man,” he came to Birmingham in 1962 and worked for the community. The image was just outside the mosque where mourners prayed for him.

But Britain First showed everyone that they have no respect for veterans or the dead.

It’s not the first time Britain First have disrespected a veteran. They also photoshopped one veteran and he reported them for slander but then they removed the image to cover their tracks.
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Britain First shares fake Islamic scholar quote

March 25, 2015, 4:11 pm
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On 11 February, far-right hate group Britain First shared a supposed quote from a famous Islamic scholar Dr Zakir Naik.

It stupidly said: “I call for an immediate ban on the movie ‘Gravity’ as it shows ‘Earth’ to be spherical, which is against the Quran, & thus insulting to muslims.”


Of course, hateful remarks on Islam and the Muslim community in general issued in the comments by Britain First supporters.

The truth behind the quote – Zakir Naik never said it

The quote was never said by Zakir Naik. The quote was actually said on a fake Twitter account set up in his name and then this was regurgitated on far-right anti-Muslim sites and pages.


Zakir Naik’s appearances and speeches are also well-documented, and he is never found saying the words he said in that image. Rather he is documented to have said the complete opposite.

This is yet another example of Britain First deceiving people just to get measly Likes and Shares so it can promote its brainless cause.
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Britain First: The only party that tried to win support with a Dress

March 25, 2015, 7:49 pm
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Britain First as we have documented, are click-bait hungry. And an online presence is the only thing that keeps this vile hate group alive.

It describes itself as a ‘political’ party, and thinks it is a force to be reckoned with.

It does have more fans than key political parties in the UK, but what political party is so low that it tries to cash in on The Dress just to win over support?

The Dress, which made headlines this month.

Britain First also tried to win over support with pictures of dying dogs, as we documented here. Don’t fall for the click-bait posts on Facebook.
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Britain First use Lee Rigby’s name to promote themselves AGAIN

March 25, 2015, 8:25 pm
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Far-right group Britain First is using social media to further achieve its political goals.

And despite the family of murdered Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was killed by extremists on 22 May, making a public plea for his name not to be taken in vain for political purposes, Britain First continues to use his name.

On 25 February, Britain First admins shared a photo of Lee on their Facebook.


On 23 March, admins downloaded photos of trucks given Lee’s name and uploaded them on Facebook.


The group admins share the photos for their own political goals, as they do with the majority, if not all of their Facebook posts. It is how their ‘marketing’ strategy works, by getting people to engage with posts.

And as we have documented, Britain First actually seem to show little respect to veterans and the dead.
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Britain First make up fake story to slander Muslim

March 26, 2015, 10:24 am
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Hate group Britain First often likes to deceive people on social media, by making up lies and even disrespecting the dead as we documented here.

The group have attempted to slander a Muslim man they claim attacked the leader, by posting up an image of him claiming he is an ‘Islamist’ and was involved in ‘Muslim patrols’.


They said you “couldn’t make it up”... but this is exactly what they did.

The truth – It wasn’t a ‘Muslim patrol’

The image was in fact stolen from the Derby Telegraph who had reported on concerned residents who tried to deter sex workers and drug dealers from doing business near their homes.

The group of people in the image were in fact trying to do good in their community. The police even said that they had “no issues” with the group and had “no problems”.

Britain First were so low that in an attempt to cover themselves, they cut the caption of the image that read “Community members are holding nightly peaceful protests to try rid the area of kerb-crawling, prostitution and drug dealing.”

Source: Derby Telegraph.

In another report, the same man in the image helped drag off a violent drunk off a policeman.

Another Britain First lie exposed.
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Britain First newspaper fail of the day

March 26, 2015, 4:45 pm
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Britain First have decided to print newspapers to further their hateful cause. Readers can expect the same posts they publish on Facebook in print version, with a rip-off price attached.


The stories are strategically taken from news sites, with highly opinionated text attached targeting the Muslim community and brainwashing far-right supporters.

It is a poor attempt at a ‘newspaper’ and is not worth a single penny (the group is even trying to get donations to get them printed).

We looked at it online and found a silly mistake, where Britain First mentioned Halifax town being in South Yorkshire, when it isn’t.


If this was a copy paste job, then Britain First can’t even do that right!
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Britain First newspaper using unauthorised use of Crown?

March 26, 2015, 5:13 pm
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Far-right hate group Britain First has put its logo, which features an uncanny resemblance to the Royal Crown, in its newspapers it says will be sold and circulated around the country.

On the paper the logo is visible on page 1, page 6 two times, and page 12 three times.

As seen on page 6.

Last year, Britain First was ordered to remove images of the Royal Crown from publicity material and merchandise and an investigation was carried out.

The use of the Royal Arms, as well as Royal Devices and Emblems such as St Edward’s Crown, is prohibited by law – unless the permission of the member of the Royal Family concerned has been obtained first.

Under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968, it is illegal “in the course of any trade or business” to give “false indication” that any goods or services are “approved by Her Majesty”.

Organisations wanting to feature certain royal symbols have to contact the Royal Household but Britain First failed to do so last year.
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Britain First share ISIS propaganda to spread fear

March 26, 2015, 5:59 pm
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Britain First are hell-bent on scaring people about immigrants, Muslims and extremists for its own political goals.

In its poor attempt of a newspaper, an article titled “Islamic State heading for the UK!” shows exactly how the group is spreading fear.

The article warns it’s “only a matter of time before ISIS took advantage” and says secret plans to “infiltrate Britain have been discovered detailing how ISIS intend to use Libya as a gateway to Europe”.



But as the Independent reported, the said plans were ISIS propaganda.

The researcher who helped bring this into light even emphasised that the propaganda “could not be taken as fact”, yet Britain First have used this as evidence to back up their anti-immigration views.

It just goes to show how vile Britain First are. And it wasn’t long ago when we saw supporters glorifying ISIS when they bombed innocents.
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