Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

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Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-05-14/deactivating-facebook-for-just-a-few-weeks-reduces-belief-in-fake-news.html

The largest study ever carried out on social media deactivation has found that disconnecting lowers users political participation and also their propensity to believe misinformation

Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news
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I still have Facebook but pretty much just for messaging.. and honestly I don't even check it.

I had 6 unread messages and 30 plus notifications when I checked a moment ago.

Pretty happy with the results.