‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence
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.
‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence
Mon Nov 25, 7:15am UTC
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.