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Remember, you're being manipulated on social media: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation US
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Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that – for them – exemplified 2018.

Sometime in the political frenzy of the past year, I...

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