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Facebook and sorcery accusation-related violence in PNG

Miranda Forsyth, Anurug Chakma and Joe Barak

Published
31 Aug 2026

A video of a sorcery-accused person being tortured appears on Facebook. Should you share it? A new study of a decade of PNG Facebook posts explores how the platform both fuels and fights sorcery accusation-related violence.DisclosureThis research was funded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT230100612.About the author/sMiranda ForsythMiranda Forsyth is a professor at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at ANU and ARC Future Fellow.Anurug ChakmaAnurug Chakma is a Research Fellow in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University and a Visiting Fellow in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University.Joe BarakJoe Barak is a research officer with the Culture and Society Research Program at PNG National Research Institute.

A video of a sorcery-accused person being tortured appears on Facebook. Should you share it? A new study of a decade of PNG Facebook posts explores how the platform both fuels and fights sorcery accusation-related violence.Disclosure This research was funded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT230100612. About the author/s Miranda Forsyth Miranda Forsyth is a professor at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at ANU and ARC Future Fellow. Anurug Chakma Anurug Chakma is a Research Fellow in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University and a Visiting Fellow in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. Joe Barak Joe Barak is a research officer with the Culture and Society Research Program at PNG National Research Institute.

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