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Across social media, users appear to rally behind Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but is that online reaction the same as support for the accused in real life?

There’s a disparity in real-life reactions vs. those online, due to the very nature of social media, said Irina Raicu, Internet Ethics program director at Santa Clara University. “The difference is not the anonymity, but the way in which the screen distances us from the other humans we’re communicating with,” Raicu told What A Day.

Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics, quoted in the What A Day newsletter by Crooked Media.