The chief of the Metropolitan Police has claimed "social media sites "rev people up" and make street violence "more likely"."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43603080
"Ms Dick says she believes social media "makes it harder for people to cool down", adding: "I'm sure it does rev people up."
"There's definitely something about the impact of social media in terms of people being able to go from slightly angry with each other to 'fight' very quickly," she said.
A trivial disagreement could escalate into violence "within minutes", Ms Dick added, with disputes on sites such as YouTube identified by detectives as partly to blame.
Linking the "incredibly abusive" language online to street violence, she said: "I think it certainly makes it more likely, it makes it faster... it allows a conversation of a 'show off' sort that involves violence."
Ms Dick also told the paper that gangs who post on social media or share videos provoking rivals can glamorise violence."
Is there any evidence to back her up? Is it not that already violent youths and gangs are just also posting on social media?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43603080
"Ms Dick says she believes social media "makes it harder for people to cool down", adding: "I'm sure it does rev people up."
"There's definitely something about the impact of social media in terms of people being able to go from slightly angry with each other to 'fight' very quickly," she said.
A trivial disagreement could escalate into violence "within minutes", Ms Dick added, with disputes on sites such as YouTube identified by detectives as partly to blame.
Linking the "incredibly abusive" language online to street violence, she said: "I think it certainly makes it more likely, it makes it faster... it allows a conversation of a 'show off' sort that involves violence."
Ms Dick also told the paper that gangs who post on social media or share videos provoking rivals can glamorise violence."
Is there any evidence to back her up? Is it not that already violent youths and gangs are just also posting on social media?
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