"During the 2020 U.S. #presidentialelection, just 0.3% of registered voters on #Twitter—called "supersharers"—were responsible for 80% of the #fakenews shared on the platform.

"#Supersharers persistently #retweeted #misinformation manually. These insights are relevant for #policymakers developing effective #mitigationstrategies to curtail misinformation"

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl4435

Tiny number of ‘supersharers’ spread the vast majority of fake news
Less than 1% of Twitter users posted 80% of misinformation about the 2020 U.S. presidential election
https://www.science.org/content/article/tiny-number-supersharers-spread-vast-majority-fake-news

#FakeNews #disinformation #democracy #supersharers #influencers #FarRight #CultureWars #conservatism #Twitter

Tiny number of ‘supersharers’ spread the vast majority of fake news | Science | #AAAS

Less than 1% of #Twitter users posted 80% of #misinformation about the 2020 U.S. presidential #election
#supersharers #fakenews #election2020

https://www.science.org/content/article/tiny-number-supersharers-spread-vast-majority-fake-news