Black Lives Matter Riots Fuelled by Twitter: Study

Black Lives Matter Riots Fuelled by Twitter: Study
A Black Lives Matter protester seen at a riot in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 1, 2020. Noah Berger/AP Photo
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Social media platform Twitter played a critical role in helping Black Lives Matter with organising and spreading information during the peak of the movement, according to a new study.

The analysis by the Australian National University looked at 118 million tweets over a two-year period from 2020 to 2021.