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UK disorder: Two men jailed for stirring up hatred online

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Tyler Kay , 26 , was sentenced to 38 months in prison for posting racist posts on social media.

Jordan Parlour , 28 , received a 20-month prison sentence for posting material intended to stir racial hatred on Facebook.

Kay was convicted after he used social media to call for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight.

The sentences follow two nights of relative calm across England after a week of near nightly unrest.

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formal

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English

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53

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offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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