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Why it's important to understand social media's dark history

  • Written by Nicholas Bowman, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, West Virginia University
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It was in April 2016 that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media platform was providing its nearly two billion users the opportunity to livestream content. The move was viewed as a natural extension of the platform’s primary goal: providing a space for the average person to share their daily...

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