It has been blamed for swaying the US election and spreading harmful conspiracy theories.

So it might be comforting to know that Britain is among the world's least gullible nations - and readers rarely fall for fake news.

Data from Ipsos Mori shows that one in three British people admits to having being tricked by a "fake news" article, among the lowest levels in the world.

This compares to almost half of those in the USA, Russia and Australia.