Fake information on Facebook increases people's participation
Fake information or news is usually delicious. People also
pay more attention. The same is true of Facebook. A recent study by two
universities in New York and France found similar evidence. Studies have shown
that people are six times more likely to like, share or interact with fake news
than with real news.
According to the Washington Post, a study of the Facebook pages of more than 2,500 news publishers from August 2020 to January 2021 found that fake information was spreading at a much faster rate than political or other categories of news.
According to Business Insider, Rebecca Tromball, director of
the Institute of Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University, analysed
the data from the study. It can attract the audience quite well.
Meanwhile, Jo Osborne, a spokesman for Facebook, said the
report shows how people engage with content. However, it would not be right to
be confused in this way, people are actually looking at things like research
statements. In other words, it is not true that the issues are exactly the same
as in the case of this study.
