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'Sharp spike' in anti-Muslim posts on X since US-Israel war on Iran, study shows (www.middleeasteye.net)

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The Washington, DC-based Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) said it tracked posts that explicitly dehumanised, excluded, and incited violence against Muslims from 1 January to 5 March.

On the day the war began, the volume of such posts surged from just under 2,000 per day to more than 6,000, the report said. "Reposts dramatically amplify the visibility of harmful content, allowing it to spread far beyond the original accounts that generated it."

With reposts included, "the total mention volume of Islamophobic content rises to 279,417, representing an 11-fold amplification of the harmful original posts".

The content examined by CSOH encompassed a wide swath that included everything from personal hate-fuelled opinions to calls for lawmakers to institute strict anti-Muslim policy, including a "Muslim Exclusion Act" and the deportation of all Muslims.

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Do you know what the Muslims in my neighborhood are? Really good people and good neighbors.

Unlike that excretion of South Africa named Musk.

I'm sure some of those posts are made by genuine asshole humans, but I would bet that most of them are either paid for or made by AI. With the endorsement and/or money of Twitter's owner, of course.

Fuck hate with a sharpened stick.