A Dutch town has taken Twitter to court over the spread of a conspiracy theory claiming it was once home to a ring of Satan-worshipping paedophiles. Local authorities want to see all posts relating to the alleged events removed. The claims have prompted dozens of people to travel to the town’s Vrederust cemetery to leave flowers and tributes at the graves of seemingly random dead children. Last year, the same court ordered the three original men to remove all tweets about the town, but the claims continue to circulate. Are social media platforms “promting” immorality in our society ?

