Pope Francis denounced an era of "disinformation and polarisation" on Friday in a message for World Communications Day, as he criticised powerful social networks creating "fanaticism and even hatred". "Too often today, communication generates not hope, but fear and despair, prejudice and resentment, fanaticism and even hatred," the pope wrote in his message.
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