1/ How did misinformation spread during the 2016 presidential election and has anything changed since? A new study explores more than 10M tweets from 700K Twitter accounts that linked to more than 600 misinformation & conspiracy news outlets. kf.org/misinfo #knightcomm
2/ From the findings: Of the 10M tweets analyzed, the study linked more than 6.6M tweets to fake news and conspiracy news publishers in the month before the 2016 election. kf.org/misinfo 
3/ “Fake news” and disinformation continue to reach millions: More than 80% of accounts that repeatedly spread misinformation during the 2016 election campaign are still active. kf.org/misinfo
4/ Is disinformation concentrated among a small number of actors? Finding: 65% of fake and conspiracy news links during the election went to just the 10 largest sites. kf.org/misinfo
5/ And, most accounts spreading fake or conspiracy news show evidence of automation, according to the report. kf.org/misinfo
6/ But when you get down to it, “fake news” still receives significantly fewer links than mainstream media sources. kf.org/misinfo
7/ Both the election-eve and post-election maps of accounts that spread fake or conspiracy news reveal an ultra-dense core of accounts that follow each other. kf.org/misinfo @Graphika_Inc
@Graphika_Inc 8/ The spread of disinformation is not limited to one political party: A substantial amount of misinformation was spread by both Republican- and Democratic-identified accounts. kf.org/misinfo
9/ The coordinated spread of misinformation by Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) trolls is evident — but other accounts were likely more important in spreading fake news kf.org/misinfo
10/ What are your biggest takeaways? Check out the report by @MattHindman and leave your comments on Medium: kf.org/misinfo #knightcomm @Graphika_Inc
