There has been a massive resurgence in racial incitement on South African social media in the last few months. What do out-of-work PR manipulators do when the w

There has been a massive resurgence in racial incitement on South African social media in the last few months. What do out-of-work PR manipulators do when the wish to seek vengeance? Here are two examples of incitement: https://twitter.com/edmorechauke/status/1010085732915011589 https://twitter.com/edmorechauke/status/1010085732915011589 https://twitter.com/pluckynemes/status/989586280529977344 https://twitter.com/pluckynemes/status/989586280529977344 Here's an SA Indian journalist talking about a death threat she received on Twitter after a sudden upsurge in anti-Indian sentiment: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/ferial-haffajee/ferial-you-deserve-a-bullet-in-the-head_a_23461346/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/ferial-haffajee/ferial-you-... One of South Africa's cellphone networks has allowed free Twitter access, meaning that large numbers of poorly educated people, in a violent country with limited law enforcement capability, are open to violent incitement. Forget theoretical discussions about fake news and free speech, unless Twitter and FB develop a rapid response mechanism for neutering this kind of thing, it's just a matter of time before someone gets attacked or killed in real life.