Why do people around the world share fake news? New research finds commonalities in global behavior | MIT Sloan

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Why do people around the world share fake news? New research finds commonalities in global behavior | MIT Sloan

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Science Communication · 2 years ago

Since the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and British “Brexit” referendum — and then COVID-19 — opened the floodgates on fake news, research has delved into the psychology behind online misinformation

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