  In the U.S., concerns about FN received considerable media attention following the 2016 presidential election, when it was reported that actors in nations outside the US were deliberately posting false and misleading information on social media sites such as Facebook to influence the outcome of the election against then-candidate Hilary Clinton. In one sense, it would seem that the specific details of this controversy affect mainly, or possibly even solely, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter as well as blogs, but not necessarily SECs. But we can also question whether SECs might share some responsibility for exacerbating concerns about FN by providing users with search results that – even if unintentionally – link to various FN stories included on social media sites and elsewhere on the Internet.