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SUBMITTER: Shao C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6246561 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shao Chengcheng C Ciampaglia Giovanni Luca GL Varol Onur O Yang Kai-Cheng KC Flammini Alessandro A Menczer Filippo F
Nature communications 20181120 1
The massive spread of digital misinformation has been identified as a major threat to democracies. Communication, cognitive, social, and computer scientists are studying the complex causes for the viral diffusion of misinformation, while online platforms are beginning to deploy countermeasures. Little systematic, data-based evidence has been published to guide these efforts. Here we analyze 14 million messages spreading 400 thousand articles on Twitter during ten months in 2016 and 2017. We find ...[more]