A new disinformation model describes how rumors spread like nuclear fission (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

A new disinformation model describes how rumors spread like nuclear fission

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A new disinformation model describes how rumors spread like nuclear fission, careening into individuals who then propagate the rumor in a chain reaction.

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Abigail Malate/AIP

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