Facebook ‘misinformation’ labels boosted engagement with Trump posts: Study

Published June 2, 2021 10:26pm ET



In labeling posts from former President Donald Trump as misinformation, Facebook may have increased the reach and engagement by drawing more attention to it, a study released Wednesday showed.

Hundreds of Trump Facebook posts labeled as misinformation last year earned over 250,000 more online interactions per post, or roughly 2.6 times more interactions, than his average post with no label, according to a new study by Media Matters for America, a left-leaning online disinformation watchdog.

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