"This is the general and vague encouragement of hostile and lethal acts against groups and individuals by instigators using #communicationsnetworks. Such #promotionofharm is usually not precise enough to be caught by the #laws against incitement of #offences against the person. There is what one calls “#plausibledeniability”.

#socialmedia
#terrorism
#onlineterrorism
#hatecrime
#policychange
#socialvalues
#socialattitudes
#politicalviolence
#lawfedi
#USpol
#UKpol

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/70248/the-law-is-powerless-against-stochastic-political-violence

The law is powerless against stochastic political violence

The misuse of media power to promote harm needs a cultural, not a legal, solution