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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

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People interviewed in a new study by communication professor Emily Van Duyn said that online misinformation/disinformation, conspiracy theory groups and their former partners’ rabbit-holing behaviors caused insurmountable rifts in their relationships that ultimately led to their divorces or breakups.

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