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Post Election Facebook Tensions: Block, Mute and Unfriend

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Post Election Facebook Tensions

Political divide in America may be reinforced as post election Facebook turbulence resets social friendships

CHICAGO — Election night and the morning after had some taking to Facebook to do housecleaning of their friends list. “I unfriended at least 10 people today because I didn’t want to see their celebratory Trump posts,” says Lauren Lee, a Hillary Clinton voter who lives in Memphis, Tenn. “I unfriended two more people for making…

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