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How Users Probe Fake News Online – Or Not Mar 21, 2020 How "fake news" and misinformation online is changing As misinformation and so-called "fake news" continues to rapidly spread on the internet, our society has become increasingly shaped by false information. Sara Fischer, reporter for Axios Media
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According to non-profit organization Avaaz, in 2019 alone, the top 100 fake news stories found on Facebook have been viewed a whopping 150 million times. Odds are, you’ve probably seen some of
There is worldwide concern over false news and the possibility that it can influence political, economic, and social well-being. To understand how false news spreads, Vosoughi et al. used a data set of rumor cascades on Twitter from 2006 to 2017. About 126,000 rumors were spread by ∼3 million people. False news reached more people than the truth; the top 1% of false news cascades diffused to How Users Probe Fake News Online – Or Not Mar 21, 2020