Abstract
Fake news — deliberately misleading information — is a hot topic in the media.1 Despite the irony in this, there seems good reason for concern. The Pope’s endorsement of Donald Trump was apparently the most read item of news on Facebook in the 3 months leading up to the US Presidential Election.2 Of course, neither the Pope nor even Denzel Washington did endorse the man who surprised many by winning.3 But an important question was raised: how much are we being duped? A few months ago, the Independent newspaper published its own analysis of fake health news on social media sites. It said: ‘Of the 20 most-shared articles on Facebook in 2016 with the word “cancer” in …
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