To feel very uneasy at the latest 'conspiracy?' theory doing the rounds on social media?

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I keep seeing different versions of the same thing, people saying that there are 'isis sleeper cells' hiding among migrants and there are plans to target children/schools in a terror attack.

I rolled my eyes to begin with thinking it's all scare mongering or it could be some idiots trying to drum up support for 'Reform'

However, there's a sizable amount of people vowing to keep their children off school and not send them back in September on account of these rumours. That's what got my attention.

Am I being unreasonable/ridiculous to feel unnerved by all of this talk? Do you think there's any truth in it?

I've name changed incase I'm being ridiculous 😩

Please be kind, I have PND so I'm easy to scare I guess and would like some perspective from the level headed folks on mumsnet.

Prove its nonsense

It was also doing the rounds in the 80s/90s, only it was an Irish accent.

It's all over social media so why would it be fake

The thing is, there will be an attack sooner or later and the conspiracy theorists will see it as "proof" that they were lied to.

Prove it’s true!

Are you new to the internet or just extremely gullible, or both? Or on a wind up?

You surely can’t be serious?
Also it’s not on mine (except this thread).

Its all over social media

Top post, @Teanbiscuits33 .

The gullible are easily manipulated, algorithms play the far right's favourite tunes and some people fall for it all.

In all my 70 years, I have never been more disheartened by the state of our politics.

You said. Posted by who? And who advised you to keep the children off?

You clearly have social media check it out for yourself people have also commented on hear saying how worried they are

But if you search for anything on social media you will see it everywhere!

stop winding yourself up

I didn't type it in i went on Facebook and it was on ther

Because of other things you’ve reacted to/engaged with. I haven’t seen it at all except this thread and I’m on FB, insta, threads and Bluesky.

I’ll ask you again @DreamyHazelBiscuit - who is posting it, and who advised you to keep your children off school/nursery?

Preferable to the tumour rabbits that keep coming up on my Facebook 🤢 I can’t stand it.

It's ok tiktok and Facebook x

It's ok tiktok and Facebook x

Posted. By. Who? Who is posting it? Are they reliable. Who is advising you to keep children home?
Not where are you seeing it.
Who is telling you?

Can I also mention that we are all scared of these men coming in on boats but alot of people are radicalised in their British homes, have lived here their whole lives. Surely the threat has always been there and continues to be.

Oh, this sort of whispering campaign, although not on the net, has been going on since the IRA were running riot.

Best ignored. Get on with life as normal.