Most hate-filled topics on Facebook in France

Assessing the exchanges of French Facebook commentators on various media pages in March 2018 revealed that, among the most hate-filled categories of words or the source of insults, generic displays of aggression were the most frequent. Another source of hateful comments were public personalities and the general media, with around 32 percent, followed by ethnic remarks and social discrimination. With less than four percent, religion was also a subject for discrimination.

Categories of the most hateful identified statements on Facebook media pages in France in 2018

Characteristic	Number of negative comments
Generic display of aggression	45.2%
Public personality, political class and media	31.8%
Ethnic origin / skin colour	6.5%
Social discrimination	5.5%
Religion	3.5%
Sexism	1.6%
Multiple discriminations	1.6%
National or regional origin	1.5%
Sexual orientation	1.2%
Other	1.1%
Physical discrimination	0.6%

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Release date

March 2018

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Region

France

Survey time period

March 2018

Number of respondents

1,133*

Supplementary notes

* The source adds the following information: "10,870 reviews published on 24 Facebook pages of major French media players (print media, national and regional press, radios, television...) were collected. Of the 10,870 public comments, 1,133 (10.4 percent) were reported as hate speech and analyzed in this study."

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