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- Survey by Pew Research Center found most Jews, Muslims felt offended by war-related content on social media
LONDON: About one in four Jewish or Muslim Americans have unfriended or blocked people on social media in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, new research has found.
The survey by Pew Research Center also found that three in four Jews and three in five Muslims reported feeling offended by content related to the conflict on news or social media platforms.
Of these, people aged 65 and older were most likely to report feeling personally offended, while adults under 30 were more inclined to unfriend or block users due to social media activity.
Some Americans also reported that they had stopped talking to a friend or acquaintance because of something that person said about the conflict.
The survey aimed to gauge changes in discrimination perceptions within the context of news and social media following the outbreak of violence in October last year.
The findings were based on a survey conducted in mid-February among a nationally representative sample of about 12,700 American adults.
As part of the survey, respondents were also asked about their level of engagement with news coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Those who said that they closely follow news about the war were more likely to perceive an increase in discrimination against Muslims, Arabs and Jews since the conflict began.
People who reported feeling offended by content related to the conflict were more inclined to perceive a rise in discrimination against all three groups.
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