"Inflammatory content on Facebook spiked 300% above previous levels at times during the months following December 2019, a period in which religious protests swept India, researchers wrote in a July 2020 report"
This is an insane spike.
wsj.com/articles/faceb…
This is an insane spike.
wsj.com/articles/faceb…
Facebook products (facebook and whatsapp) are awash with inflammatory content that one report linked to deadly religious riots.
Private Facebook groups made up of like-minded users generated more divisive content. Inflammatory content primarily targeted Muslims, the researchers wrote.
From the report:
A Hindu man in Delhi told them he received frequent messages on Facebook and WhatsApp “that are all very dangerous,” such as “Hindus are in danger, Muslims are about to kill us,” the researchers reported.
A Hindu man in Delhi told them he received frequent messages on Facebook and WhatsApp “that are all very dangerous,” such as “Hindus are in danger, Muslims are about to kill us,” the researchers reported.
The report identified two Hindu nationalist groups with ties to India’s ruling political party post inflammatory anti-Muslim content on the platform.
Recommendations to kick off one of the groups were ignored
Recommendations to kick off one of the groups were ignored
'The other group, researchers said, promotes incitements to violence including “dehumanizing posts comparing Muslims to ‘pigs’ and ‘dogs’ and misinformation claiming the Quran calls for men to rape their female family members.”'
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