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How Facebook could really fix itself

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean, International Business & Finance, Tufts University
Under fire: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Facebook has a world of problems. Beyond charges of Russian manipulation and promoting fake news, the company’s signature social media platform is under fire for being addictive, causing anxiety and depression, and even instigating human rights abuses.

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