More than 4 in 10 share fake news
More than four in 10 people who share political news on social media admit they have passed on false or inaccurate items, according to a new academic study.
Almost a fifth said they do so deliberately to upset others, according to t he research. The study by Loughborough University’s Online Civic Cult ure Centre ( OCCC), f ound Conservative supporters and users with right- wing beliefs were more likely to spread news they knew to be fake, while left- wingers were more likely to try to correct it.