Decline in visits to untrustworthy sites

Here is good news.  Researchers at Stanford University found that although the number of sites containing false or misleading content increased from 2016 to 2020, the average number of visits by Americans had dropped.  

The bad news is that while fewer people visited such sites, nearly 68 million people checked out sites that were not credible.  The researchers also noted that misinformation has serious consequences, and mentioned the riot on Jan. 6 as an example.

Incidentally, old people tended to visit misinformation sites more than young voters.  I am not surprised.

You will be happy to know that this is a trustworthy site.  Really.

See Tiffany Hsu, “Fewer Voters Visited Untrustworthy Sites iIn 2020, Study Finds,” New York Times (Apr. 14, 2023), p. B3.