But "wouldn't expect" isn't really knowledge, is it? It's just a presumption. It may or may not be valid. It could be based on a false premise, too. Apart from

But "wouldn't expect" isn't really knowledge, is it? It's just a presumption. It may or may not be valid. It could be based on a false premise, too. Apart from searching for hate-crime reports, there are many other possible reasons why someone would be googling for "kill muslims" that don't assume hateful emotional involvement. Curiosity, boredom; having read about a rise of anti-muslim comments. In what proportion? I don't know, and I don't claim to know, and if someone claims they do, I'm really sceptical about it. That's why I see these findings as rather useless. Too many unknowns for drawing conclusions.