Asked by Sharan Oberoi on Sep 25, 2024

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Which statement about the distribution of fake news on Facebook in the 2016 election is most accurate?

A) The top 10 fake news stories circulated on Facebook were shared more widely than the top 10 authentic news stories about the election.
B) Although there were many fake news stories circulated on Facebook,they were shared far less frequently than nearly every authentic news story about the election.
C) Facebook put in place numerous measures to identify and ban fake news stories about the election so the overall number that were actually circulated during the election was very small.
D) Although there were many fake news stories circulated on Facebook,there was only one fake news election story (focused on Hillary Clinton's emails) that was widely shared on Facebook.