Study Shows Older Generations Are More Prone to Sharing ‘Fake News’ on the Internet

If you are friends with your grandparents on Facebook, you may have noticed that they share a lot of content that may make you question the legitimacy of. A recent study has shown that older generations do in fact share a greater amount of ‘fake news’ compared to younger people. Co-author of the study, Briony Swire-Thompson from Northeastern University in Boston joined us on the Wednesday Daily this morning to unpack the issue.

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