On Twitter, the lure of fake news is stronger than the truth

An analysis of 4.5 million tweets shows falsehoods are 70 percent more likely to get shared

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FACE FACTS  Fake news spreads faster and further through the Twittersphere than true stories do.

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There’s been a lot of talk about fake news running rampant online, but now there’s data to back up the discussion.