Fake news spreads 6 times faster on Twitter than the truth, according to a major study on misinformation (TWTR)

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  • A major MIT study on fake news found misinformation spreads much faster and further than the truth on Twitter.
  • The researchers suggested that people feel a stronger sense of surprise and disgust at fake news, which makes them more likely to share it.
  • The findings make depressing reading as politicians around the world grapple with how to educate people about determining fake news and the truth.
  • Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are under big pressure to do more to stop the spread of fake news.

Don’t believe everything you read, especially on social media.

According the biggest study to date into fake news, the truth takes six times longer to  be seen by 1,500 people on Twitter than misinformation.

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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