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Meta ads, and their history of inciting violence


Social media's ability to shape public opinion and people's motivations is clear in our constantly changing digital world. One worrying trend is that falsehoods often spread faster than facts. This matters because people today seem quicker to anger, easier to persuade, and more apt to react violently. Misinformation acts like gasoline, inflaming feelings of hate in susceptible individuals. This can lead to meaningless, unjustified violence and losses of life and property.Meta, formerly known as

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