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Social media harms democracy by spreading rumors, survey shows (www.reuters.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] boatswain@infosec.pub 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a bad headline, Reuters. Surveys don't show how things work; they show what people think. I wouldn't be remotely surprised if it was true that social media was bad for democracy, but this isn't enough to say that's the case.

[โ€“] knomie@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Well, if they were surveying the prevalence of the rumors, then the survey could show how they spread. But it's not what they did. As you described, it's a survey about people believing how social media harms democracy.