Hate speech on social media nurtures the protracted conflict in Eastern D.R Congo

Mukwiza Ndahinda, Félix and Shyaka Mugabe, Aggée (2022) Hate speech on social media nurtures the protracted conflict in Eastern D.R Congo. Africa at LSE (23 Sep 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Hate speech has been a constant feature in the dynamics of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the last three decades. It primarily targets specific communities such as the Banyarwanda of North Kivu and Banyamulenge of South Kivu, whose citizenship, equal rights, and belonging have constantly been questioned. In their recent paper, Félix Mukwiza Ndahinda and Aggée Shyaka Mugabe examine the increasing role social media play in conflicts and mass violence from acting as a recruitment tool to triggering the emergence of shared online identities produced through socialisation within radical, extremist, or terrorist networks.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2022 14:24
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116991

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