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Table 4 Posts, urls, domains and users statistics per political subcommunities – validated network of verified users: #post is the number of posts (divided in tweets and retweets), #url is the number of shared links, #dist url is the number of distinct urls, #domain is the number of distinct domains contained in all urls. While the number of (validated) verified users in the center-right/right wing subcommunity is lower than any other political group, their activity in writing original posts is at least twice greater than any other group. This difference is not present in the number of retweets

From: Flow of online misinformation during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Subcommunity

#post

#url

#dist url

#domain

#user

only tweets

     

FI-L-FdI

5031

4177

3728

210

62

Movimento 5 Stelle

2406

1839

1742

139

103

Italia Viva

943

458

417

96

69

Partito Democratico

736

370

353

74

60

only retweets

     

FI-L-FdI

1587

582

510

151

72

Movimento 5 Stelle

997

546

469

104

103

Italia Viva

1048

399

348

147

82

Partito Democratico

747

273

258

94

88