The BBC conducted extensive research in India, Kenya and Nigeria to find out how ordinary citizens engage with and spread fake news. This was carried out by gaining access to participants phones and examine what they shared, who they shared it with and how often. They found that in India rising nationalism was encouraging people to share fake news; facts were less important that the emotional desire to strengthen national identity. In all 3 counties the lack of trust in mainstream news outlets encouraged people to spread information from other sources without trying to verify it with the…