Lawrence Heights, a neighbourhood near Lawrence Avenue West and Allen Road, is no stranger to gunfire. Community leaders say you can predict when the next will happen when you follow online feuds via YouTube videos and Instagram posts: thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“Whenever something crazy comes out on social media, we discuss it among each other and try and make an educated guess that something is going to happen,” says Dejazmatch James, a community worker known as D.J. /2 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
City council has asked for a report on “possible actions” that governments and public institutions, such as the CRTC, can take to deal with threats of violence, intimidation and hate on social media that target marginalized communities. /3 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Coun. @MikeColleTo introduced the “urgent” motion because the at-risk community continues to experience high rates of crime “and social media is one of the tools being used to perpetuate these acts of violence in the community.” /4 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/… 
“It’s really time we take a look at the responsibility of the social media platforms and the role they’re playing ... It’s like going up to someone with a gun and threatening them, you can threaten them also on Instagram and YouTube,” @MikeColleTo said. /5 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
A senior @TorontoPolice source told the Star recently it’s common for investigators to monitor social media to decide where officers should be deployed on any given night. /6 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
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