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The Real Problem with Facebook Virality

Why objective journalism loses against partisan content

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Luke Johnson
Jul 19, 2021
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How much did Facebook's algorithms contribute to the political polarization which resulted in Donald Trump's narrow 2016 victory?

One of the more popular explanations for the polarization is that Face…

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