When Words Kill: How Hate on Social Media Fuels Street Violence

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When Words Kill: How Hate on Social Media Fuels Street Violence

The youth branch of the Norwegian Labor Party, which owns the island of Utoya, did not know what to do in that idyllic environment after the terrorist attack in which Anders Breivik shot and killed 69 young people in 2011. Between not touching anything and throwing everything down and after a long time talking to the families of the victims, they decided to reach a middle ground: to build a memorial building above the cafeteria where a dozen of …