How deceptive online networks reached millions in the US 2020 elections

Nature Human Behaviour 2026

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Authors: Ruth E. Appel, Young Mie Kim, Jennifer Pan, Yu Xu, Ben Nimmo, Daniel Robert Thomas, Hunt Allcott, Pablo Barberá, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon
+20 more Matthew Aaron Gentzkow, Sandra González-Bailón, Andrew M. Guess, Shanto Iyengar, David Lazer, Neil A. Malhotra, Devra Coren Moehler, Brendan J Nyhan, Jaime E. Settle, Emily A. Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Arjun S. Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua Aaron Tucker
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-026-02435-2
Cited by: 1
References: 37

Fields of Study & Subjects

Misinformation and Its Impacts Social Media and Politics Deception detection and forensic psychology

Publication details

Journal / source
Nature Human Behaviour
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
10
Issue
6
Pages
1068–1082
Publication date
6 April 2026
Language
EN