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Group Says Misinformation on the Rise on Facebook

Associated Press

   SAN FRANCISCO - An advocacy group tracking misinformation says it has
   found an increase in fake political news shared on Facebook ahead of
   the 2020 presidential elections.

   The group, Avaaz, said Wednesday that it found that viral
   misinformation is still being spread on the social network despite
   measures Facebook has put in place since the 2016 elections. The
   researchers tracked the 100 most widely shared false news stories
   between Jan. 1 and Oct. 1 this year. The stories they tracked had all
   been fact-checked and debunked by Facebook's third-party fact-checking
   partners, which include The Associated Press.

   The group found that, collectively, the fake stories were posted more
   than 2.3 million times and had an estimated 158.9 million views, along
   with 8.9 million likes, comments and shares. The false stories targeted
   both political parties, though Avaaz says the majority were against
   Democrats and liberals.
   

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