Newswise: On social media platforms, more sharing means less caring about accuracy

Newswise: On social media platforms, more sharing means less caring about accuracy. “As a social media user, you can be eager to share content. You can also try to judge whether it is true or not. But for many people it is difficult to prioritize both these things at once. That’s the conclusion of a new experiment led by MIT scholars, which finds that even considering whether or not to share news items on social media reduces people’s ability to tell truths from falsehoods.”