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How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media – and what you can do about it

  • Written by Jeanna Matthews, Full Professor, Computer Science, Clarkson University
imageAll is not as it appears on social media.filadendron/E+ via Getty Images

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family and people of interest. But anyone on social media these days knows it’s increasingly a divisive landscape.

Undoubtedly you’ve heard reports that...

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