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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Eight in 10 U.S. teenagers are exposed to conspiracy theories on social media at least once a week, a recent study found. Of those teenagers, around 81% believe at least one, according the News ...
[11] [6] In the United States, 62% of Americans use social media to receive news. [43] Many people use their Facebook News Feed to get news, despite Facebook not being considered a news site. [220] According to Craig McClain, over 66% of Facebook users obtain news from the site. [221]
A 2019 article in USA Today stated that "[In the 2020 election,] with so many people running for president and so many bad actors trying to spread disinformation about them, it will be difficult to determine what is 'fake news' and who created it. The question is not if or when there will be disinformation campaigns, because they have already ...
A new poll from KFF finds that many Americans still encounter misinformation often and don’t know whether to believe it. Although not a new phenomenon, health misinformation became even more ...
Misinformation: A new consequence of disasters. Misinformation seems to be finding its way into key American events, Ross said, but the ongoing effort targeting recovery after hurricanes is the ...
In January 2018, it was reported that a Gallup-Knight Foundation survey found that 17% of Democrats and 42% of Republicans "consider accurate news stories that cast a politician or political group in a negative light to always be 'fake news.'" [51] A June 2018 poll by Axios and Survey Monkey found that 72% of Americans believe "traditional news ...
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