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False news travels faster than true stories on Twitter

New research has found that humans are responsible for the rise of false news on Twitter, not bots. Image: REUTERS/Thomas White

Peter Dizikes
Writer, MIT News Office
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Fake news stories are a problem- but who's to blame? Image: Statista
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