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When violence goes viral (Radio version)

‘They were celebrating killing him’: When the death of a loved one is posted online. Moti learned his father had died when pictures of his body were put on Facebook.

Ethiopians on social media have been dealing with a wave of violent and graphic content in recent years. Multiple conflicts have seen violent pictures and videos regularly shared online, often alongside threats, hate speech, or disinformation. For Moti, this hit close to home in a devastating way when his father was the target of a political killing, and pictures of his dead body were posted on social media. Rehobot also shares her experience of combating this online hate through fact-checking, but how exposing herself to so much violent content eventually impacted her mental health.

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18 minutes

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Sun 29 Oct 2023 22:32GMT

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