The Contribution of Internet Social Groups to the Spread of Hatred

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The Guardian published this article by a woman who belonged to the right wing political party in Norway, and was a Facebook friend of the assassin. She was very concerned that the Internet groups that she belonged to had a common message of hatred against the liberal government and against minorities. She does not argue that this caused the mass murders in Norway, but that the atmosphere of hatred was amplified by the ability to use the Internet to spread the hatred and create bonds between those who shared her cyberspace community. What she described is not very different from some of the Internet postings that create fear of immigrants, Muslims and other minorities, along with the hatred of liberal government in the US.