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Facebook and Twitter guilty of spreading 75% of Putin fake news

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One week into the Russian war on Ukraine, a UK Press Gazette analysis has found that almost three quarters of fake news and misinformation about the conflict was spread on Facebook and Twitter.

Sixty percent of the 350 false or misleading claims listed in the International Fact-checking Network’s #UkraineFacts database as of Wednesday were found to be circulating on Facebook, while a further 35% were spread via Twitter. Click here to see more.

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