The willingness to share false information

A study showed that people who were more digitally literate were just as likely to say they'd share false articles as people who lacked digital literacy.

Even people with high digital literacy were not immune from sharing false news.  Potential reasons are that although people don't want to spread misinformation, social media is quick and distracting. People are drawn to social validation and other feedback such as likes on their posts. This means they often forget to ask if a story is true when considering whether to share it.