Facebook Drove Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, Says New Research
Source: The Daily Beast
German towns with higher than average Facebook use have experienced more attacks on refugees, a new report has found. The data showed that wherever per-person Facebook use rose to one standard deviation above the national average, attacks on refugees increased by about 50 percent. The research, carried out by academics at the University of Warwick, claims that regardless of the size, affluence, or politics of a town, the link between Facebook and anti-refugee violence appeared to apply universally. Karsten Müller and Carlo Schwarz, researchers at Warwick, scrutinized all 3,335 anti-refugee attacks in Germany over a two-year span. Nationwide, the researchers estimate the Facebook effect drove one-tenth of all anti-refugee violence in Germany. You can get this impression that there is widespread community support for violence, said Dr. Betsy Paluck, a Princeton University social psychologist. And that changes your idea of whether, if you acted, you wouldnt be acting alone.
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Historic NY
(37,453 posts)free speech is one thing yelling fire in a crowded theater is another. There needs to be some sort of regulation, but FB doesn't seem to be willing or able to police itself. Perhaps FB should drop the ads and become a subscription service.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Snellius
(6,881 posts)Coincidence or cause? Other factors? You can prove by this logic that storks bring babies since the season when most babies are born coincides with when storks migrate south.
"Facebook effect drove one-tenth of all anti-refugee violence". Sure that town has more than enough hate driving it on its own that, if didn't have FB, would find another way to call out their thugs.
elmac
(4,642 posts)should block any us & russian based internet traffic, keep the evil from spreading