Fake news is Twitter's flu: Chips with Everything podcast
by Presented by Jordan Erica Webber and produced by D from Technology | The Guardian on (#3JAWD)
This month, MIT scientists published a paper that found lies spread six times faster than real news on Twitter. This week, Jordan Erica Webber tries to understand why this happens
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People don't spread rumours any more, they spread fake news. One of the most widely used phrases throughout the 2016 US presidential election, "fake news" was named Collins dictionary's word of the year for 2017, and it's still going strong. This has left some people questioning the validity of every story that pops up on their social media feeds.
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