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Facebook Turns to Scholars to Analyze Social Media’s Impact on Elections

The social network will not review or approve research findings prior to publication

'Respected academic experts' will form a commission DjelicS/iStock

By David Cohen

April 9, 2018

Facebook is going back to school: The social network announced an initiative that will see a group of scholars analyze the impact of social media on elections.

David Cohen
david.cohen@adweek.com David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily.
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