When violence goes viral

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. Thanks for listening. Let us know what you think. Get in touch: thecomb@bbc.com Produced by Rob Wilson

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When violence goes viral is an episode from The Comb by BBC.

This episode is 30:44 long.

This episode was published on Feb 10, 2023.

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