Fake news shared by very few, but those over 65 more likely to pass on such stories
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 14:00
in Mathematics & Economics
A small percentage of Americans, less than 9 percent, shared links to so-called "fake news" sites on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election campaign, but this behavior was disproportionately common among people over the age of 65, finds a new analysis by researchers at New York University's Social Media and Political Participation (SMaPP) Lab and Princeton University.