February 9, 2019
For some, Facebook is becoming less relevant; the company has been called out for funneling the political echochamber with false profiles, selling user data, and younger users are opting for other networks. For others, Facebook has become a lifeline as a primary source of news and social interactions…
Laura Hazard Owen
January 11, 2019
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…
Hendrik Spiering
January 10, 2019
uist mensen die niet veel links delen op internet blijken grote verspreiders van nepnieuws. Mensen die heel veel delen op internet delen juist weinig nepnieuws. En ook: hoe ouder iemand is, hoe meer nepnieuws hij of zij verspreidt…
Damien Leloup
January 10, 2019
Une étude menée par trois chercheurs en science politique, publiée mercredi 9 janvier dans Science Advances, apporte un éclairage nouveau sur les personnes qui diffusent de fausses informations sur Facebook…
Alex Hern
January 10, 2019
Older people are almost four times more likely to have shared fake news on Facebook than the younger generation, according to research published in the journal Science…
January 10, 2019
Americans aged over 65 are much more likely than younger people to share fake news on Facebook, researchers say. Their study looked at the behaviour of Facebook users before and after the 2016 US presidential election…
Ben Popken
Jan 10, 2019
The biggest predictor of whether someone will share fake news isn’t their political affiliation — it’s their age…
Eric Levenson
January 10, 2019
First the good news: The vast majority of Facebook users did not share any fake news stories during the 2016 election. But some people did…
