The use of user-generated online satire, itself a form of fake news, may be one strategy used to highlight and shame fake news stories and promoters. Here, we begin to explore the differences between non-satire and satire fake posts by looking at Twitter data related to false stories of racially-motivated attacks during the Black Panther movie opening. Overall, we found that very few fake tweets of either type had high levels of replies or retweets. We found some evidence that the satire responses were supported and shared to a greater extent than the original non-satire tweets, which leaves open the possibility that satire may have been helpful in calling out the fake attack posts. We also found some evidence that the satire responses fooled some users into believing them to be real stories.
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