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Prevention: A person looks at a smart phone with a Facebook App logo displayed in the background in this photo illustration taken on Aug. 17, 2021, in Arlington, the United States. Last year, Facebook announced that it will add labels such as “satire page” to posts containing jokes and parody to help users differentiate them from real information.
Prevention: A person looks at a smart phone with a Facebook App logo displayed in the background in this photo illustration taken on Aug. 17, 2021, in Arlington, the United States. Last year, Facebook announced that it will add labels such as “satire page” to posts containing jokes and parody to help users differentiate them from real information.
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