The internet never saw the minute of silence that many groups in Spain held for the victims of the attacks on August 17 in Barcelona. Moreover, many users took advantage of the unbridled freedom of expression provided through outlets such as Twitter and Facebook to vent hatred and spew inflammatory speech.
Alongside the grief triggered by the attacks that shook both Barcelona and Cambrils earlier this month, a wealth of views on the event surfaced in Spanish-sections of social networks. While some attacked Muslim migrants in vicious diatribes, others called for reflection and criticized xenophobic
