Engagement with disinformation on Twitter, Facebook dropped in 2021: analysis
© Getty Images Engagement with disinformation on Twitter and Facebook dropped in the first three months of 2021 compared to historic highs the year before, according to an analysis released by the German Marshall Fund’s Digital New Deal initiative Thursday. The analysis found a 60 percent quarterly decline in the sharing of content from “deceptive sites” by verified accounts on Twitter, and a smaller 15 percent decline on user interactions with content from deceptive sites on Facebook. Karen Kornbluh, director of the fund's digital innovation and democracy initiative, attribute...