‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence

‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/25/social-media-uk-street-violence-birmingham

Young people in Birmingham attest that violent content on apps is having a real-world impact

It took about 90 seconds for Rianna Montaque to see violence on her X account: a fight in a restaurant that escalated into a full-on brawl with chairs smashed over heads and bodies sprawling.