- Fake news on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential election - Only 1% of individuals accounted for 80% of fake news source exposures, and 0.1% accounted for nearly 80% of fake news sources shared. They were most likely conservative leaning, older, and highly engaged with political news. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6425/374 7 comments science
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- Opinion: There is more to the story of Facebook's Trump decision | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/04/opinions/facebook-trump-polarization-social-media-bail/index.html 23 comments
- These 10 institutions published the most papers in Nature and Science in 2018 | News | Nature Index https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/top-ten-institutions-published-most-scientific-research-papers-nature-science-journals-twenty-eighteen 6 comments
- The misinformation Russia spreads about coronavirus was made in America - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/02/yes-russia-spreads-coronavirus-lies-they-were-made-america/ 5 comments
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