Race-based narratives topped the list of local social media posts in the month running up to last year’s general election, with most of them posted by politicians and political parties.

This is according to an analysis published by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), which worked together with the University of Nottingham Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Universiti Malaysia Sabah to collect data through a social media monitoring project.

Their report stated that...