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Mob attacks on Star, Prothom Alo scripted: Star-Dismislab analysis

The Daily Star and Dismislab, a fact-checking organisation, analysed 3,064 Facebook posts circulating before, during, and after the attacks and found that the assaults on the two media outlets last December were anything but sudden. Rather, the threats had been building in plain sight on social media for hours, days and even months. However, this is not just a story about the attacks themselves. This is a story about a predictable chain of events in which online incitement escalated into real...

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Mob attacks on Star, Prothom Alo scripted: Star-Dismislab analysis The Daily Star and Dismislab, a fact-checking organisation, analysed 3,064 Facebook posts circulating before, during, and after the attacks and found that the assaults on the two media outlets last December were anything but sudden. Rather, the threats had been building in plain sight on social media for hours, days and even months. However, this is not just a story about the attacks themselves. This is a story about a predictable chain of events in which online incitement escalated into real‑wo Source: Prothom Alo English https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/j24196ajoj

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