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Facebook considers becoming mildly less convenient in hopes of saving democracy

today6 November 2020

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Facebook is awash with election misinformation. And so, two days after the U.S. presidential election, it has decided to add “friction” to its spread.

So reports the New York Times, which notes that Facebook is considering the bold action of requiring “an additional click or two — before people can share posts and other content.” That’s right folks, democracy is saved because the kind of people who believe in baseless conspiracy theories like #SharpieGate and QAnon will surely be…

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