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Political pets: where the virtual life of a politician is in your hands

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    1 March 2017
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The Dutch App that lets you keep politicians as virtual pets

By Natalia Zuo
BBC Trending

Dutch voters can now keep politicians as virtual pets ahead of the general election in March.

Video journalist: Natalia Zuo

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