Why are Britons so susceptible to fake news - and what can we do about it? | Sander van der Linden

With Putin's Russia on its doorstep, Finland began arming its people against misinformation. It worked Late last year, a report was published that ranked countries according to their resilience to misinformation. At first, when I searched for the United Kingdom, I couldn't find it - because I was looking at the top end of the list. In fact, the UK didn't make the top 10 - it was in the second tier, coming in at number 13, well below many western European countries. Where are we going wrong? The ...