Among those who shared any political content on Twitter during the election, fewer than 5% of people on the left or in the center ever shared any fake news content, yet 11 and 21% of people on the right and extreme right did

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    5 months ago

    There is a lot happening on that graph with not nearly enough metrics to tell you what it’s presenting