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kpete

(71,996 posts) Tue Aug 21, 2018, 10:15 AM Aug 2018

"German towns where Facebook use was higher than average-experienced more attacks on refugees"

Facebook is an engine of ethnic anxiety.
“[German] towns where Facebook use was higher than average, like Altena, reliably experienced more attacks on refugees. That held true in virtually any sort of community—big city or small town; affluent or struggling; liberal haven or far-right stronghold.”