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Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life

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Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life

Millions of people, from all walks of life, have come to believe aspects of the QAnon conspiracy theory. Prevention is our only hope, says James Ball

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Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

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Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

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2PNYT3G Warsaw, Poland. 21st Apr, 2023. The Bluesky social media app logo is seen on a mobile device in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 21 April, 2023. Founder Jack Dorsey of twitter has released the Bluesky application on Android. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa US/Alamy Live News

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Bluesky is just another Twitter clone and that isn't a good thing

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2KEHETN The Twitter and Mastodon app logos are seen in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 12 November, 2022. Mastodon is a decentralized, open-sourc

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How I found a new home online at Mastodon, after giving up on Twitter

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US president could get power to ban TikTok nationwide

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Tweets from people in San Francisco, California, suggest that they feel disgusted in hardware stores, second only to real estate agent offices

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Tweets reveal hardware stores cause disgust but hostels bring joy

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The Twitter logo

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Twitter security flaw may leave videos sent in direct messages exposed

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2KECTGW Buenos Aires, Argentina - November 11th: Mastodon and Twitter logo on mobile phone screen.

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Leaving Twitter? Here's what other social media platforms offer

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Logo of Twitter changing into a Mastodon oneastodon: Logos of Twitter turning into the free and open source social networking service Mastodon.

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Most people who threatened to quit Twitter for Mastodon haven't left

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Multiple versions of a group photo with faces altered

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AI-generated deepfake faces could help protect privacy on social media

Algorithms that generate fake faces could be used to change people’s appearance in photos they don’t want to be shared

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Like, Comment, Subscribe review: Inside track on YouTube's success

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Stop calling it social media - these firms don't care what we want

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Banning anti-vaccine groups on Facebook may just move users to Twitter

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More than one in eight Reddit users publish toxic posts

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