A study led by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) confirms the rise in ideological polarization and biased or false news posted on Facebook. This research analyzed over 6 million news-related URLs—from 1,231 different domains in the United States—shared on Facebook between 2017 and 2020.
Ideological polarization and spread of biased or fake news on Facebook are on the rise, according to study
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