Social media provides a megaphone for fake news like never before, researchers say the number of hyper-partisan or misinformation websites has doubled over the past six months. Social media provides a megaphone for fake news like never before, researchers say the number of hyper-partisan or misinformation websites has doubled over the past six months. Social media provides a megaphone for fake news like never before, researchers say the number of hyper-partisan or misinformation websites has doubled over the past six months.