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Fake news is Twitter's flu: Chips with Everything podcast

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This month, MIT scientists published a paper that found lies spread six times faster than real news on Twitter. This week, Jordan Erica Webber tries to understand why this happens
16 Mar 2018 English United Kingdom Technology

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