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Is social media influence a growing threat to democracy?
In the last year, social media manipulation campaigns have been recorded in 81 countries and most of the countries involved have deployed disinformation campaigns.
Dr Samantha Bradshaw, who authored a media manipulation report by the Oxford Internet Institute, explains why these campaigns are a growing threat to democracies.
(Image: Mobile phone signals in a crowd of people, illustration, Credit: Getty Images.)
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