Old people are most likely to share fake news on Facebook. They’re also Facebook’s fastest-growing U.S. audience. – NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics

Nieman Lab

Laura Hazard Owen

January 11, 2019

Old people are most likely to share fake news on Facebook. They’re also Facebook’s fastest-growing U.S. audience.

People over age 65 are most likely to share fake news. Elderly Americans were most likely to share fake news around the election, even after controlling for political affiliation and ideology…

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