Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match

Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match - New York Times

Same problem here in the UK although so far not as widespread/extreme.
I think the splits & divides were always there, social media has simply exposed it & tougher economic times exacerbated it.

When times get tough, people find their tribe & defend what's theirs (from other tribes).
Exciting times for would-be fascists!

Reminds me of:
-"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation"_
Douglas Adams H2G2

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/world/asia/facebook-sri-lanka-riots.html