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	Podcast:		WSJ Tech News Briefing
	Episode:		Facebook Officials Shut Down Attempts to Make it Less Divisive
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:17:31
	Publish Date:		2020-05-28 02:00:00
	Description:		Americans' views on fundamental issues have been drifting apart for decades, but many believe that social media companies are widening the gap. After these concerns reached a fever pitch during the 2016 U.S. election, Facebook took a look at itself to see if it contributed to divisiveness. Turns out - it did. But as our reporter Jeffrey Horwitz explains, executives at Facebook dialed back efforts to fix the problem. Kateri Jochum hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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