Македонски центар за меѓународна соработка - МЦМС

The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) prepared an infographic on Online Extremism in RSM using the data published in the research Online Extremism in North Macedonia: Politics, Ethnicities and Religion by Strong Cities Network researchers.

The research shows that extremism as a phenomenon in the virtual sphere exists both among ethnic Macedonians and among ethnic Albanians. Of the contents that have the character of polarization, hatred and extremism, the most numerous are the narratives with political polarization. A greater percentage of the messages are in the Macedonian language (73%). The largest number of these messages are published on Twitter (55%), followed by Facebook and Web forums. About a quarter of the identified contents have elements of ethnic hatred.

For the use of data, MCMS provided prior consent. The preparation itself was made as part of the program "Road to Resilience and Reintegration of Vulnerable Families in the Community (RRP)" implemented by MCIC, Nexus - Civic Concepts, the European Perspective Initiative, Pleiades and Horizon Civitas, financially supported by the Global Fund for community engagement and resilience – GCERF.