B
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158,000,000
158,000,000 -- content views for Facebook top 100 fake news stories (2019)
The top 100 fake news stories on Facebook in 2019 accumulated over 158 million views.
- Represents 'over' 158 million views
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Value
158,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2019
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Avaaz
Primary
Tier B
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2019/11/these-are-the-top-fake-news-posts-on-facebook-in-201… ↗
Source Article
Top 10 Fake News on Facebook In 2019
Facebook is the largest social network with over 2 billion users and managing its policies has always been an issue. Fake news is one of the biggest challenges that the platform has to face, and 2016 U.S. presidential elections are the biggest example of it.
The company has introduced various polici…
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Avaaz
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Methodology
Analysis by Avaaz, a non-profit group, of top fake news stories on Facebook
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Segmentation
IndustryMedia
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelsocial
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Facebook top 100 fake news stories: 158,000,000 content views. Source: Avaaz (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/top-100-fake-news-views-facebook-2019
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