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Fake News Is 'Putting Democracy At Risk' But Government Is Not Doing Enough, MPs Say

Ministers are under pressure to do more to halt spread of misinformation.
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Facebook ‘Goes To War’ On Fake News

Facebook has established a ‘War Room’ to tackle fake news in the run-up to the US midterm elections. This is the company’s attempt to avoid the foreign interference experienced on social media platforms during the 2016 US presidential election.
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Why Tackling Loneliness Needs To Be An Intergeneration Game

We should be encouraging our local authorities to develop initiatives which bring different generations together for face-to-face interactions
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You Can Now Check How Much Money Political Groups Are Spending On Facebook Ads

Here's how to use social network's new tool to check up on the issues you care about.
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Why We Need To Celebrate Black Mediocrity

The media only shows black people as shining examples or bad stereotypes - we are not a monolith
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How In The Future Online Hate Content Might Be Both Created And Countered By Algorithms

Picture the scene: a webpage, online forum, or social media post containing a pile of hate speech content and also a heap of counter-speech content, none of which was created by an actual human being
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Edinburgh Police Twitter Blunder 'Mistakenly' Expresses Support For Anti-SNP Campaign

The tweet was swiftly deleted.
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We Need To Rethink The Introversion/Extroversion Dichotomy

Social media reality TV create a culture in which extroversion is aspirational - but introverts aren’t just shy, retiring wallflowers who need to 'come out of their shell'
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Are We Using Social Media To Be Social?

I'm done sharing random selfies in which I think I look hot for the sake of hoping other people think I look hot too, pictures of landscapes that mean nothing to me or quotes that only make me feel smug
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Here's How Apple's Screen Time Can Help You Use Your Phone Less

Want to stop scrolling before bed? Now your iPhone can help.
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