Age, not politics, is biggest predictor of who shares fake news on Facebook, study finds

[Dennis Donovan]

1. This is the money paragraph, IMO:

While age proved to be the best predictor of who shared what was determined to be fake news, researchers also found conservative users were more likely to share fake news. Accelerated by algorithms that sort news based on user preferences, social media users tend to share news that reflects their existing beliefs, a phenomenon known as “confirmation bias,” and they make posts that affirm and signal their identity, [the report found/past reports have found].