As shooting rates among the young remain stratospheric, evidence suggests social media is serving as an accelerant to violence. Taunts that once could be forgotten now live on before large audiences, prompting people to take action.
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Yeah, but in most countries they can’t then go out and easily buy a gun to take out those frustrations.
So you’re saying social media may be … Accelerating the energy and will to commit homicides? Perhaps like a fuel?