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Who Gets Flagged? An Experiment on Censorship and Bias in Social Media Reporting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2023

Jessica T. Feezell Open the ORCID record for Jessica T. Feezell [Opens in a new window] ,
Meredith Conroy ,
Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga  and
John K. Wagner Open the ORCID record for John K. Wagner [Opens in a new window]
Jessica T. Feezell
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico, USA
Meredith Conroy
Affiliation:
California State University, San Bernardino, USA
Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga
Affiliation:
Stanford University, USA
John K. Wagner
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico, USA
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Freedom of Expression in an Age of Social Media, Misinformation, and Political Polarization
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , April 2023 , pp. 222 - 226
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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