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Section sizes

Section size for Fake news (95 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,002	8,002
Defining fake news	9,607	22,325
Roots	2,434	2,434
Popularity and viral spread	4,403	4,403
Its damaging effects	5,881	5,881
Types of fake news	1,902	1,902
Criticism of the term	5,436	5,436
Identification	4,069	6,445
Online identification	2,376	2,376
Tackling and suppression strategies	1,749	40,944
Strategies regarding the perpetrator	45	6,050
Promotion of facts over emotions	1,804	1,804
Technique rebuttal	1,053	1,053
Individual counteraction	1,790	1,790
Backfire effect	1,358	1,358
Strategies regarding carriers	38	22,084
Regulation of social media	1,787	1,787
General strategy	2,878	2,878
Fact-checking	2,286	2,286
Facebook	2,597	2,597
Google	1,902	1,902
Legal and criminal sanctions in general	10,596	10,596
Strategies regarding the recipient	42	11,061
Cognitive biases of recipient	2,059	2,059
Nudges as reflection prompts	2,518	2,518
Media critical thinking skills	493	493
Mental immune health, inoculation and prebunking	5,949	5,949
History	14	34,744
Ancient	3,878	3,878
Medieval	878	878
Early modern	3,108	3,108
19th century	3,799	3,799
20th century	7,504	7,504
21st century	15,563	15,563
Special topics	22	26,406
Deepfakes and shallowfakes	5,568	5,568
Bots on social media	9,783	9,783
Internet trolls	3,688	3,688
Fake news hoaxes	7,345	7,345
Donald Trump's misuse of term	11,813	11,813
By country	17	132,893
Europe	15	44,929
Austria	1,099	1,099
Belgium	941	941
Czech Republic	1,833	1,833
European Union	932	932
Finland	1,219	1,219
France	5,491	5,491
Germany	5,709	5,709
Hungary	1,153	1,153
Italy	2,043	2,043
Malta	2,841	2,841
Netherlands	1,384	1,384
Poland	2,164	2,164
Romania	750	750
Russia	3,252	3,252
Serbia	4,023	4,023
Spain	1,955	1,955
Sweden	1,660	1,660
Ukraine	2,575	2,575
United Kingdom	3,890	3,890
Asia	13	40,675
China	5,015	7,162
Hong Kong	2,147	2,147
India	1,064	1,064
Indonesia	7,505	7,505
Malaysia	3,619	3,619
Myanmar (Burma)	1,230	1,230
Pakistan	1,022	1,022
Philippines	6,779	6,779
Singapore	8,639	8,639
South Korea	1,669	1,669
Taiwan	1,973	1,973
Americas	18	25,987
Brazil	7,377	7,377
Canada	1,515	1,515
Colombia	4,600	4,600
Mexico	12,340	12,340
United States	137	137
Middle East and Africa	31	18,820
Armenia	961	961
Israel and Palestinian territories	5,101	5,101
Saudi Arabia	3,554	3,554
Syria	3,839	3,839
United Arab Emirates	868	868
Egypt	846	846
South Africa	3,620	3,620
Oceania	17	2,465
Australia	2,448	2,448
See also	1,828	1,828
Notes	26	26
References	30	446
Sources	416	416
Further reading	4,070	4,070
External links	3,306	3,306
Total	300,586	300,586