Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts

Henry, E, Zhuravskaya, E and Guriev, SG (2022) Checking and Sharing Alt-Facts. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14 (3). pp. 55-86. ISSN 1945-7731

Abstract

During the 2019 European elections campaign, we exposed a random sample of French voting-age Facebook users to false statements by a far-right populist party. A randomly selected subgroup was also presented with fact-checking of these statements; another subgroup was offered a choice of whether to view the fact-checking. Participants could then share these statements on their Facebook pages. We show that (i) both imposed and voluntary fact-checking reduce sharing of false statements by about 45 percent, (ii) the size of the effect is similar between imposed and voluntary fact-checking, and (iii) each additional click required to share false statements substantially reduces sharing.

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Item Type: Article
Subject Areas: Economics
Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2024 09:12
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2024 02:31
URI: https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/3873
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