During Disasters, Active Twitter Users Likely to Spread Falsehoods

  ICT, Rassegna Stampa, Security
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According to research that examined false tweets from Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing, 86 to 91 percent of active Twitter users spread misinformation, and that nearly as many did nothing to correct it.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/89058-during-disasters-active-twitter-users-likely-to-spread-falsehoods