Police agencies on Facebook overreport on Black suspects
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203089119
Abstract: Significance By analyzing all Facebook posts from pages maintained by US law enforcement agencies, we show that Facebook users are exposed to posts about serious crimes that significantly overrepresent Black suspects relative to local arrest… read more here.
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Racialized policing in the social media age
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216978119
Abstract: The enduring reality of racial residential segregation in the United States means that White Americans oftentimes live within neither eyesight nor earshot of policing’s most aggressive tactics (1, 2). Instead, they form perceptions of public… read more here.
Keywords: policing agencies; social media; race; policing social ... See more keywords