Study Proves The Spread Of Election Misinformation Declined 73% Following Trump’s Twitter Ban
A new study is proving that the spread of election misinformation has declined by 73% following Donald Trump‘s Twitter ban.
Per The Washington Post, a study by research firm Zignal Labs shows that misinformation, and tweets discussing election fraud, dramatically dropped the week after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gloriously greenlit the move to indefinitely suspend Trump’s account.
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The firms research shows that what was once 2.5 million mentions about election fraud and baseless theories about Joe Biden defeating Trump plummeted to almost 688,000. In addition to the spread of misinformation plummeting, we also reported that Twitter shares fell by 7% after Trump’s indefinite suspension on January 8, two days after the treasonous and fatal attack on the US Capitol by full-on Trump supporters.
Furthermore, Zignal Lab’s data covers the period from January 9 up until January 15. The firm’s researchers pulled keywords, slogans and hashtags related to the Capitol attack, election fraud, and support for Trump.