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Erase social media tomorrow? Brits say yes

Summary

Offbeat

Or so claims Opinium Research. It polled 2,000 adults and 1,100 parents in September and The Register’s surprise is that more people of Britland didn’t want to see social media rubbed out. Some 42 percent surveyed said these networks are addictive.

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The Registeras they published this story 11.6

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