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Study: Facebook Users Find Fake News More Engaging Than Facts

MakeUseOf: “…Research conducted by Cybersecurity for Democracy suggests that far-right Facebook pages that publish misinformation have the highest levels of engagement per follower when compared to any other category of news source. Cybersecurity for Democracy is a project of New York University. This study that focused on fake news on Facebook is credited to Laura Edelson, Minh-Kha Nguyen, Ian Goldstein, Oana Goga, Tobias Lauinger, and Damon McCoy. A key point at the top of the study reads: Far-right sources designated as spreaders of misinformation had an average of 426 interactions per thousand followers per week, while non-misinformation sources had an average of 259 weekly interactions per thousand followers….”

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