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Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

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Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

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The largest study ever carried out on social media deactivation has found that disconnecting lowers users political participation and also their propensity to believe misinformation

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It’s been since 2020 that I stopped browsing Facebook
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  What took you so long? 😉

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