Social media has become a key space for anti-immigrant social media conversation in South Africa, shaping how people discuss migration, nationality and belonging. While online platforms can support healthy public debate, they can also amplify hostile narratives, misinformation, stereotyping and calls for exclusion directed at migrants and foreign nationals. Monitoring this conversation matters because online discourse can shape public attitudes, influence social cohesion and, in some instances, contribute to offline tensions and violence.
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