Human rights activists are increasingly using social media to promote justice and reconciliation in post-conflict situations, countering the denial of war crimes, mobilizing public support, and bringing communities together for open discussions on these topics. We discussed the role social media plays in facilitating the acknowledgment of war crimes committed by members of one’s own ethnic group with Dr. Sanja Vico from the University of Exeter, UK. Her study, Social Media, Stereotypes, and the Acknowledgment of War Crimes, reveals that people are less willing to acknowledge their group’s responsibility for war crimes on social media and highlights the unforeseen negative consequences of the mediated visibility of war crimes.
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