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People are searching 'kill Muslims' in the US following terror attacks
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/people-are-searching-kill-muslims-in-the-us-following-terror-attacks-a6771681.htmlThe top Google search in California in the week following the San Bernardino massacre with the word "Muslims" in it was "kill Muslims".
When anti-Muslim sentiment is at its highest, for example during the controversy over the "ground zero mosque" in 2010 or around the anniversary of 9/11, hate crimes tend to also be at their highest.
According to an analysis by the New York Times of weekly data from 2004 to 2013, there is a direct correlation between anti-Muslim searches and anti-Muslim hate crimes.
While Google searches suffer from selection bias because they are not a random sample, the restriction may actualy help search data predict hate crimes.
When anti-Muslim sentiment is at its highest, for example during the controversy over the "ground zero mosque" in 2010 or around the anniversary of 9/11, hate crimes tend to also be at their highest.
According to an analysis by the New York Times of weekly data from 2004 to 2013, there is a direct correlation between anti-Muslim searches and anti-Muslim hate crimes.
While Google searches suffer from selection bias because they are not a random sample, the restriction may actualy help search data predict hate crimes.
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