"Disputed" tweets don't change beliefs

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Labelling Trump’s lies as ‘disputed’ on X makes supporters believe them more, study finds

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Study looked at data from a sampling of 1,072 Americans surveyed in 2020 .

Trump voters who were initially skeptical about claims of widespread fraud were more likely to rate lies as true when a “disputed” label appeared next to Trump ’s tweets.

Third -party voters or non-voters were slightly less likely to believe the false claims after reading the four tweets with the tags.

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