Social media users tend to face more political hostility in less democratic and more unequal countries

Social media users tend to face more political hostility in less democratic and more unequal countries

Social media is often blamed for toxic political debates, but a new global study links digital aggression to offline issues. Researchers found that users in less democratic and economically unequal countries report experiencing significantly more online hostility.

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