- Who shared the most fake news on Facebook during the 2016 US Presidential election? Not millennials, but people aged 65 and older. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau4586#f1 5 comments science
- An estimated 8.5% of American adults shared at least one fake news article during the 2016 election. Age was a big factor. People over age 65 were seven times more likely to share a fake news article. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau4586 2033 comments science
Linking pages
- Facebook Employees Leaving As Hate Speech Festers https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-rules-hate-speech-employees-leaving 1330 comments
- Older, right-leaning Twitter users spread the most fake news in 2016, study finds - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/01/24/older-right-leaning-twitter-users-spread-most-fake-news-study-finds/ 313 comments
- What An Aging Population Means For The Future Of The Internet https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/old-and-online-fake-news-aging-population 281 comments
- Older people spread more fake news, a deadly COVID-19 habit - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-08-07/fake-news-older-people-social-media 246 comments
- Why Is Facebook So Afraid of Checking Facts? | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/why-is-facebook-so-afraid-of-checking-facts/ 118 comments
- What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains? | HuffPost Latest News https://www.huffpost.com/entry/internet-baby-boomers-misinformation-social-media_n_5f998039c5b6a4a2dc813d3d 45 comments
- How is arguing with Trump voters working out for you? | US politics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/how-is-arguing-with-trump-voters-working-out-for-you 39 comments
- Age, not politics, is biggest predictor of who shares fake news on Facebook, study finds https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/age-not-politics-predicts-who-shares-fake-news-facebook-study-n957246 38 comments
- Please get your parents off Facebook - Marko Saric https://markosaric.com/off-facebook/ 30 comments
- Facebook disinformation spread in 2020 election: How to stop it https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/12/12/facebook-disinformation-spread-2020-election-how-stop/4400150002/ 28 comments
- What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains? | HuffPost Latest News https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/internet-baby-boomers-misinformation-social-media_n_5f998039c5b6a4a2dc813d3d?ri18n=true 0 comments