Can you really trust someone you’ve met through a screen? Researchers at Stanford’s Social Media Lab embarked on a quest to find out. (Mohamed Ahmed Soliman/Dreamstime/TNS)
With a quarter of young Americans now finding romance through online dating and mobile apps, you have to wonder – can you really trust someone you've met through a screen? Researchers at Stanford's Social Media Lab embarked on a quest to find out.
“I really don't trust anyone online,” said Leon Pham, a dating app user and UC Santa Cruz student. “How do you trust someone you just met through a right swipe?”
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