[fzeroracer]

The mistake you make is correlating the rise of the internet with the reduction in crime. That correlation could be better explained with the lead-crime hypothesis rather than assuming that the internet is somehow causing less crime.

What we have seen is the number of hate crimes increase quite drastically over the past few years as well as the continued rise of school shootings in America.

[nostromo]

> the continued rise of school shootings in America

Contrary to popular belief, school shootings have been flat since the early 90s:

https://imgur.com/2uB0QdJ

Full report here:

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018036.pdf

[iamaelephant]

That's more horrifying, not less. For 20 years children have been getting shot at school in your country and you've collectively done nothing meaningful to stop it.

[dnautics]

The parent poster is not correlating internet going up with crime going down, poster is correlating internet going up with hysteria over crime going up.