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Online 'likes' for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages

  • Written by Joseph B. Walther, Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, Distinguished Professor of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara
Online 'likes' for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messagesPosting a hateful message online can have a lot to do with how like-minded bigots will respond.Thitima Uthaiburom/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The rampant increase of hate messages on social media is a scourge in today’s technology-infused society. Racism, homophobia, xenophobia and even personal attacks on people who have the audacity to...

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