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Tracking anti-Ukrainian hate on X in Germany

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Ukrainians in the three EU countries that have taken in the largest numbers of Ukrainian refugees are increasingly facing aggression — from insults on public transport to knife attacks. Journalists at the Kyiv Independent analyzed tens of thousands of posts on X and found that the same narratives circulating online are picked up and amplified by popular local politicians. ⠀ For Germany, the journalists analyzed 12,000 German-language posts about Ukrainians. A quarter of them focused on the alleged harm Ukrainian refugees cause to German society, including the strain on the welfare system…

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