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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
Maajid Nawaz
Bias
Confirmation
Continue
Extremism
Ignorance
Increases
Information
Online
Only
Opportunities
Out
People
Prejudices
Rise
Seeking
Succumb
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