During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods - New research that examined more than 20,000 tweets during Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing found that 86 to 91% of the users spread false news, 5 to 9% sought to confirm false news, and only 1 to 9% expressed doubt.

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During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods - New research that examined more than 20,000 tweets during Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing found that 86 to 91% of the users spread false news, 5 to 9% sought to confirm false news, and only 1 to 9% expressed doubt.