The Daily Populous

Researchers looked at Facebook posts leading up to the 2016 presidential election and after, checking them for popular news domains known for spreading disinformation.

The study did find, however, that the practice of sharing so-called fake news was fairly rare in general.

A recently published study found that Facebook users over 65 years old were far more likely than other adults to share disinformation on social media. »

OTTAWA – The president of the Philippines says if Canada doesn’t take back tonnes of trash within the next week he will “declare war” and ship the containers back himself.

READ MORE: Canada violated international law by dumping garbage in the Philippines: lawyers.

Canada has been trying for nearly six years to convince the Philippines to dispose of the garbage there even though a Filipino court ordered the trash returned to Canada in 2016. »

Lucien Greaves Says The Satanic Temple is Now a Tax-Exempt Church.

View this post on Instagram �� A post shared by The Satanic Temple (@thesatanictemple) on Apr 24, 2019 at 11:54am PDT.

“Another byproduct of this turn of events, of course, is that The Satanic Temple must re-evaluate its prior principled refusal to accept religious tax-exemption. »

That compared with 227 civilians killed by "anti-government elements" such as the Taliban and ISIS.

military forces responsible for more civilian deaths in Q1/2019 in #Afghanistan than Taliban & IS, finds UN Report.

The commission found that from March 2018 to March 2019, more than 11,000 Afghan civilians were killed or injured, and over the past decade, the conflict has killed at least 75,316 civilians. »