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Fact-checking can’t do much when people’s “dueling facts” are driven by values instead of knowledge ~society politics Article 1135 words 19 votes
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The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present ~tech Article 4100 words 14 votes
If Facebook wants to stop the spread of anti-vaxxers, it could start by not taking their ad dollars ~tech facebook social media Article 2014 words 12 votes
A study on the online "filter bubble" found that liberals and conservatives were actually recommended similar stories on Google News, representing a fairly homogeneous set of mainstream news sources ~science Article 1168 words 8 votes