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science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Fact-checking reduces the circulation of misinformation – we should not get rid of it

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Fact-checking reduces the circulation of misinformation – we should not get rid of it

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science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

TLDR: It reduces the virality of misinformation by ~8% and increases article deletion.

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