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Nature 617, 248-251 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01521-z
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Competing Interests
J.N.M. is an unpaid adviser to the National Internet Observatory, which is a research project at Northeastern University, and an unpaid member of the executive committee of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, which coordinates support for researchers who carry out industry-independent research on technology and society.