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Study: Fake news "reaches more people, penetrate deeper into the social network, and spread much faster than accurate stories"
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March 9, 2018, 7:05pm
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I knew it!!!
That’s the emotion it evokes among people who spread it.
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Study finds that false news spreads faster than truth online, thanks to humans (not bots)
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