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Chapter 3: A New Pyre

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

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Is Social Media Killing Democracy?

Many people blame social media, which over the last two decades went from something that barely existed at all... To the single most powerful tool for communication in history. But far less attention has been paid to where certain polarizing beliefs and norms began to gain a foothold online. And the answer turns out to be, in part, these small, strange and fascinating corners of the internet.

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