Crisis 2: Investigating the Relationship between WhatsApp and the Copycat Phenomenon of Bank Raids in Lebanon 2022-2023 from misinformation spread on social media Watch Video
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Description: Since August 2019, Lebanon has been facing a severe liquidity crisis, resulting in a significant devaluation of the Lira, and a loss of trust in the government and banking system. The ongoing financial crisis pushed people to take matters into their own hands, leading to a series of bank raids by individuals demanding the release of their trapped savings. nnThis current crisis, as well as the deeply rooted polarisation of the Lebanese social, political and media landscapes since the 1975 civil