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A new analysis of two years of Twitter data from four cities in Mexico investigates how communities are reacting to the horrors of the drug war after years of bloodshed.The conflict between Mexican drug cartels and the government is marked by feuds between rival drug lords and clashes with law enforcement and vigilante groups. The research is led by MunMun De Choudhury (Interactive Computing) and based on work accepted to CHI 2014, April 26-May 1.
