Prevalence of low-credibility information

• Low-credibility information is not extremely common on Twitter compared to information taken from credible sources such as the NYT or CDC website

Role of social bots

• Bots on social media spread low-credibility information rapidly
• Bots are generally more active in posting and sharing content on social media
• Tweets re-tweeted by bots are more likely to be re-tweeted by other bots
• However, findings show that bots may also be engaging in dissemination of useful and factual information