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Breaking the Doomscroll: Social Media’s Role in Rehumanizing Conflict
Like many others, I am stuck in a crippling doomscroll habit. After a long day, I find myself mindlessly swiping to see the next reel. Sometimes it’s an AFV-style fail compilation, other times it’s some glamorous travel vlog. But something has been changing up many of our feeds lately. Interrupting our disconnected scrolling are the faces of ordinary civilians experiencing unimaginable suffering through armed conflict. Accounts featuring everyday life in war-torn regions have
Toby Czarny
Dec 20, 20252 min read
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