An interesting recent instance was the widely reported case of the “Macedonian Fake-News Complex”, a de facto minor local industry formed by teenagers who were earning quite significant website advertising revenue by producing “Fake News”, and distributing it through social media during the United States presidential election of 2016 [ 13 ].
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Information-theoretic models of deception: Modelling cooperation and diffusion in populations exposed to "fake news".
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