Open Arms and Albania, how the social networks of Meloni, Salvini, Schlein and Conte move –

Two days of fierce controversy on two overlapping topics, that of immigration and the relationship between politics and justice. Two pieces of news have attracted the attention of public opinion: the last hearing of the Open Arms trial against the leader of the League Matteo Salvini and the stop by the judges of the Rome court on the detention of migrants in government centers in Albania. The positions among the political leaders are clear and opposed between sides. But was that the reaction of social media users? An important indication comes from the “instant mood” of Arcadia, created by data analyst Domenico Giordano.

The analysis includes the increases and decreases in followers on the various social platforms by Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini for the majority, Elly Schlein and Giuseppe Conte for the opposition forces.

Well, “the most significant increase was recorded by Giorgia Meloni on of new followers on accounts Conte instead recorded negative balances”, while it was “Giuseppe Conte’s Facebook page that lost the largest share of followers with a total loss of 326 followers”.