Article 658YS Experts fear rising global ‘incel’ culture could provoke terrorism

Experts fear rising global ‘incel’ culture could provoke terrorism

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Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#658YS)

Almost 1,000 references to misogyny and violent action are recorded each day on dedicated incel forums

Almost 1,000 references to dehumanising misogyny or violent action are recorded each day in the incelosphere" as the toxicity of male supremacist content continues to intensify.

Analysis of the incel movement found that online references to inflicting violence and extremely degrading language on dedicated incel forums are running eight times higher than in 2016, when researchers first began tracking misogynist content on the internet.

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