Why Do Americans Share So Much Fake News? One Big Reason is They Aren’t Paying Attention, New Research Suggests

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Many Americans share fake news on social media because they’re simply not paying attention to whether the content is accurate—not necessarily because they can’t tell real from made-up news, a new study in Nature suggests.

Lack of attention was the driving factor behind 51.2% of misinformation sharing among social media users who participated in an experiment conducted by a group of researchers from MIT...

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