Don Moynihan (@donmoynihan): "New study suggests that online hate reflects broader societal tensions. Societies with more inequality and weaker democracies feed online hostility. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02432-5"

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New study suggests that online hate reflects broader societal tensions. Societies with more inequality and weaker democracies feed online hostility.

nature.com

Social media users experience more political hostility in less economically equal and less democratic societies - Nature Human Behaviour

Drawing on survey data from 30 countries, Bor et al. find that online political hostility is higher in more unequal and less democratic societies.

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