Fake News About the Las Vegas Shooting Spread Wildly on Facebook, Google, and Twitter

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Facebook, Google, and Twitter have spent the past several weeks insisting they are committed to stopping the spread of misinformation and malicious speech on their platforms.

But early on Monday, viral fake news stories ricocheted across the platforms and to the top of Google's search algorithm — this time about the deadly mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas.

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