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These governments have also become adept at using those same [social media] channels to spread misinformation. “You can now create a narrative saying a democracy activist was a traitor . . . ,” says Anne Applebaum, an author who directs a program on radical political and economic change at the Legatum Institute in London. “The possibility of creating an alternative narrative is one people didn’t consider, and it turns out people in authoritarian regimes are quite good at it.”

What is Hempel’s claim in this excerpt?
What evidence does Hempel provide?
What type of evidence does Hempel use?

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Answer:

What is Hempel’s claim in this excerpt?

✔ Regimes can use social media against protestors.

What evidence does Hempel provide?

✔ Governments create false stories on social media.

What type of evidence does Hempel use?

✔ testimony from an expert

Step-by-step explanation:

Just took the test from E D G E

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Answer:

1. Regimes can use social media against protesters

2. Government creates false stories on social media

3. Testimony from an expert

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I have already done it

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