Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a “resilience” ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.

The paper

Edit: the article might be misrepresenting the study and its findings, so it’s worth checking the paper itself. (See @realChem 's comment in the thread).

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    Ironically the study ignores the arguably most important part of facing fake news: being critical of sources. And as a reportedly “vulnerable” millennial myself, I have to say I’m critical of this one.