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The Great Facebook De-Siloing Study

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The Effects of Substituting Political News

Facebook partnered with academics to conduct a study on social media. The researchers found that when people downrank content from like minded sources, they are more likely to see it in their feed. Do you think this study is going to get as much widespread attention as say the CNN Fox study did? "We're studying from misinformation," says co-author David Frum.

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