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Daily Telegraph, 07 May 2025
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Daily Telegraph, 07 May 2025
Social media leaving you feeling more isolated? The Facebook founder thinks chatbots can help.
Mashable, 04 May 2025
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Oxford Mail, 07 May 2025
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New research reveals that social connections, more so than political alignment, can promote engagement with user-driven corrections of misinformation on social media platforms like X.
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