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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

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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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

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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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How about Analogue August or Stop Scrolling September?

I’ll also say, Offline October is pretty dang good.
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  I’d vote for Anal August for sure!

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