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seasonone ( seasonone@opidea.xyz )  to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.

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Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.

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seasonone ( seasonone@opidea.xyz )  to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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There's strong ideological segregation, but proposed interventions didn't change attitudes.
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    If by “complicated” you mean “yes”.

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    The US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study is a joint collaboration between a group of independent external academics from several institutions and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram

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    They investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing.

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