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Part Two: Let's Look at the Facebook Papers

Behind the Bastards

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Is Facebook the Primary Cause of Polarization?

facebook has been aggressive at rebutting the allegations that their product leads to polarization. Their spokeswoman brought up a study, which she said shows that academic research doesn't support the idea that social medium more generally is the primary cause of polarization. The study doesn't quite back them up on this a right off the bat,. one of the authors a provides it like notes this. A flat oro declining trend does not rule out the possibility that countries have seen rising polarization in the most recent years. Britain, for example, shows a slight overall, but a clear increasing trindt post two thousand and post bregs it.

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