More than half of Gen Z’s members get most of their news directly from social media, and younger generations are much more likely to believe online influencers over other sources of information, research shows. These traits aren’t necessarily unique to Gen Z, but they’re more prevalent among that cohort, Goldberg says.

Source: Google exec: How to fight fake news, online misinformation

Unfortunately, few people (any age) attempt to verify what they see, read or share. The result is much bad info gets shared online.

The result, as the article points out, is rapid dissemination of untrue information.