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Identify the True Statement About Social Media and Politics

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Identify the true statement about social media and politics.


A) In the 2016 presidential election, all three major-party candidates (Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump) used Facebook and Twitter extensively in their campaigns, but Bernie Sanders stood out in the ways that he utilized these social media platforms.
B) A filter bubble is created by search engine algorithms that deliver customized findings based on a user's online history and social media circles.
C) Echo chambers refer to how fraudulent news stories can spread quickly online.
D) Fomenting distrust of reliable mainstream news outlets imperils their function as a check and balance on power that the framers of the Constitution had in mind.

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