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Neighbour sending me unacceptable videos on WhatsApp

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AlliBallyBoo · 02/02/2025 20:30

Neighbour, generally nice older woman, perfectly civil but since the winter fuel allowance thing has taken to spouting all sorts of bigotry on Facebook r.e. immigration and immigrants etc.

All the usual stuff you can think of r.e. over here robbing pensioners, stealing jobs, grooming girls, sharia law coming to a town near you, not real refugees. Not just reposted, reposted with her own commentary peppered with the kinds of slurs you'd expect in a 70s sitcom etc. unfriend her because I just don't want to see it.

She's now taken to WhatsApp-ing me links to far right websites and tweets and sending short videos demonising immigrants and refugees etc.

I've messaged back saying I don't want to receive these types of messages and now blocked her.

Not sure what to do. Not sure if I should report her to the police, if she's sending it to me she's definitely sending it to others and whilst I'm not keen on telling tales on people this feels like it goes on unchallenged too often and is part of the reason that xenophobic rhetoric has become so commonplace.

Any thoughts?

OP posts:
maddening · 02/02/2025 20:53

SerenStarEtoile · 02/02/2025 20:48

You can report anonymously to Crimestoppers, if you don’t want to use the PoliceUK HateCrime reporting format. Because hate crime is illegal.

Please describe the hate crime

maddening · 02/02/2025 20:52

Yanbu to block her, yabu to report to the police

SerenStarEtoile · 02/02/2025 20:48

You can report anonymously to Crimestoppers, if you don’t want to use the PoliceUK HateCrime reporting format. Because hate crime is illegal.

Shoxfordian · 02/02/2025 20:35

Don't think there's much more you can do, but don't speak to her and if others ask then tell them why

username299 · 02/02/2025 20:32

I really understand how you feel. It's shocking that people are so open with their bigotry.

I would block her on everything and completely ignore her.