Stoking Intergroup Conflict
Sabotage
State actors amplify pre-existing social divisions through targeted messaging that exacerbates polarization, exploits grievances, and prevents political compromise by platforming extreme voices while suppressing moderate ones.
State actors amplify pre-existing social divisions through targeted messaging that exacerbates polarization, exploits grievances, and prevents political compromise by platforming extreme voices while suppressing moderate ones.
FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.
Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Stoking {Intergroup} {Conflict}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/stoking-intergroup-conflict.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Stoking Intergroup Conflict,”
February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/stoking-intergroup-conflict.html.