The research, based on 1,500 students from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, found that the user of Twitter among students is linked to the drop in their test results.

The students performance during the 2016 to 2018 academic year was studied.

A new study has revealed that using Twitter as a centre for public discourse is responsible for a drop in its quality.

Researchers have also found that the use of Twitter among students is linked to the drop in their test results between 25% and 40%, Daily Mail reports.

The expert said that decline was mostly noticeable among excellent students whose known good performance was affected.

The new research is contrary to what the CEO of the platform, Jack Dorsey, said in 2018 that its app helps to build a system framework that encourages healthy debate and conversation for critical thinking.

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