Verkkothe current study examines the associations of the dark side of social media use and fake news sharing behavior among social media users. Verkkoexamples for this “dark side” of social media include cyberbullying, addictive use, trolling, online witch hunts, fake news, and privacy abuse. Verkkoexamples for this “dark side” of social media include cyberbullying, addictive use, trolling, online witch hunts, fake news, and privacy abuse. Verkkothe aim of the thesis is to find out which factors in social media cause social media addiction and what are the negative consequences of social media addiction and. Verkkoassociations between the dark side of social media use and fake news sharing behavior. Kaur, puneet et al. Verkkoin a comprehensive review and conceptualization article, baccarella et al. (2018) provide new insight into the dark side of social media, developing seven.