Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-opposition-party-calls-military-tackle-deadly-gang-war-2023-09-28/ #CRIME/(UPDATE1,PIX,TV) #SWEDEN
On a sort of related note, article on the BBC this week about the number of children not in school cites social media esp in secondary school as having a major negative impact. Bullying at school carries on via social media, mental health is also linked.
We have seen so-called 'frenzies' in the UK, that seem to be organised via social media. Tik Tok claim they are just building communities. So perhaps this needs to be investigated by governments further and laws brought in to counter what is being facilitated on social media platforms.
Social media is a force for good and can be very beneficial to many groups, BUT it also has a dark side, when this dark side spills over to the real world nasty things happen, rumours start about people, events, these seem, in some cases to culminate in violence
Perhaps we need to identify what is happening on a much deeper level, and come up with long term (10->20 years) solutions that fix a much wider range of problems.
