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Fanning the Flames

2018-08-21 20:58:45.65769+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

NY Times: Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests

Their reams of data converged on a breathtaking statistic: Wherever per-person Facebook use rose to one standard deviation above the national average, attacks on refugees increased by about 50 percent.

Fanning the Flames of Hate: Social Media and Hate Crime, Karsten Müller, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School; Carlo Schwarz University of Warwick

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