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Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 27.11.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | Facebook, fake news, politics, Twitter
Summary | Fake news have been very influential in the American presidential election. Many untrustworthy news sources reach a large readership through Facebook and Twitter. The platforms have first denied responsibility for what is shared by their users but are now beginning to look into ways to stop fake news from spreading on their platforms.
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Grosse Politik in 140 Zeichen

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Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 18.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | politics, Twitter
Summary | Not just Donald Trump utilizes Twitter as a platform to dominate the political discourse: Swiss politicians are on Twitter as well. They do not have nearly as many followers but over 130 parlamentarians are active Twitter-users. Left-wing politicians tend to be more active on Twitter, center (conservative) parties have the least presence on Twitter.
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