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Facebook is Paying People to Stop Using it and Instagram Until the U.S. Election – Gizmodo Australia
A Facebook spokesperson confirms that the company is paying users to stay off its platforms as part of its study of its effects on the US election.

Facebook is always experimenting and studying the effects of its platforms on its 3 billion users. And that could be the reason why the company is reportedly planning on paying its users to stop using its products.
What is Facebook paying some of its users to do?
Late last week, Washington Post reporter Elizabeth Dwoskin tweeted screenshots of an Instagram notification polling users about a plan to pay them to stay off the tech companys platforms.
So Facebook is now going to pay people to dea…
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