The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.

Rumors of a ‘Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation::The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.

  • Gazumi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    606·
    1 year ago

    Here we go again. The pea brains will run with this fear mongering and the instigators will sneak in laws and policies to “protect us”

    • tiny_electronEnglish
      947·
      1 year ago

      A teacher has been murdered in France yesterday by an Islamist, how is that?

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        125·
        1 year ago

        Yeah ok. In the same period of time the cops in the US killed ten times as many civilians. So let’s worry about that ten times more.

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          The French might not be as worried about what cops do in the US as what happens in their own country