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07/02/26 · 7:02 PM UTC · 10 SOURCES
“False news stories on Twitter are 70% more likely to be retweeted than true news stories”
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TL;DR ·Research confirms that false news stories are 70% more likely to be retweeted than true ones.
A comprehensive study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), published in the journal Science, found that false news stories are 70% more likely to be retweeted on Twitter than true stories . The research tracked approximately 126,000 stories shared by 3 million people from 2006 to 2017, concluding that falsehoods reached 1,500 people six times faster than the truth . This phenomenon was observed across all categories of information, though false political news often spread the most rapidly . Researchers emphasized that this spread is primarily driven by human behavior rather than automated bots, as users are more likely to share novel or emotionally charged misinformation . Even when controlling for account variables such as follower count or verification status, the 70% greater likelihood of retweeting falsehoods remained consistent .
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