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MEBRO
07/02/26 · 7:02 PM UTC · 10 SOURCES
“During the 2016 US election, Facebook users over 65 shared nearly seven times as many articles from fake news domains as the youngest users”
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TL;DR ·Research confirms users over 65 shared seven times more fake news than younger adults.
Multiple high-credibility studies and reports confirm that during the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook users aged 65 and older shared significantly more misinformation than younger cohorts , . Specifically, this demographic shared nearly seven times as many articles from fake news domains as the youngest age group, defined as those between 18 and 29 , , . While the overall prevalence of fake news sharing was relatively low, with only about 8.5 percent of users sharing at least one such article, the age effect remained strong even when researchers controlled for factors like political ideology and partisanship , , . This finding was consistent across academic research from institutions like NYU and Princeton, as well as major news outlets , , .
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