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The advent of social networks and media has made it easier than ever for users to access up-to-date information as well as share news and views on matters of the world with many of their peers. Unfortunately, it has also led to increased societal polarization as well as deteriorating trust in institutions. Two of the problems that are blamed for this are filter bubbles and misinformation. Filter bubbles are the result of excessive personalization which has the benefit of enhancing relevance but comes at the price of limiting the exposure of users to a specific viewpoint. They are amplified by the so-called echo chambers that exist in social media, whereby members of a community mutually reinforce a fixed opinion or viewpoint on an issue. Misinformation, on the other hand, tends to propagate through the network, and studies show it does so faster and more virally than truth.
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