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Election 2017: How can you pop your filter bubble?

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    6 June 2017
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by Natalia Zuo and Mike Wendling
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It might be the defining feature of politics in the social media age. So how can you pop your own "filter bubble"?

Video journalist: Natalia Zuo

Written by: Mike Wendling

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