Older people spread more fake news, a deadly habit in the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on AllSides August 7th, 2020
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On Wednesday, Facebook took down a video posted on President Trump’s official page in which he falsely claimed that children were “almost immune” to the coronavirus. The video, which violated Facebook’s policies specifically on health misinformation around the coronavirus, had been viewed nearly half a million times before it was removed. Twitter, likewise, blocked a tweet with the same video that was posted by the Trump campaign’s account.

Well before the coronavirus outbreak, fake news spread rapidly on social media platforms. The consequences of misinformation are even more deadly in...

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https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-08-07/fake-news-older-people-social-media

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