“Memes are being used as a political weapon by certain polarized communities,” says Guillermo Suárez de Tangil, a professor at King’s College London and co-author of a thorough study on the circulation of memes from marginal communities to the Internet center. “Memes are double-edged tools, behind a caricature that may seem funny, there may be a lot of background,” adds Suárez de Tangil.
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