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Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchers

  • Written by Yunkang Yang, Assistant Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchersIf your instincts say a lot of images on Facebook are misleading, you're right.AP Photo/Jenny Kane

How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is low or that the problem has declinedovertime.

This previous work, though, missed most of the story.

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