MISINFORMATION STATISTICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Interesting statistics ; Share of Americans very confident in their ability to recognize fake news. 26% ; Americans who believe fake news causes a great deal of ⁽¹⁾ …

Jun 21, 2022A survey conducted in December 2020 assessing if news consumers in the United States had ever unknowingly shared fake news or information on ⁽²⁾ …

Misinformation – Pew Research Center

48% of US adults say the government should restrict false information online, even if it means losing some freedom to access/publish content. report | Mar 18, ⁽³⁾ …

Oct 5, 2020They found falsehoods are 70% more likely to be retweeted on Twitter than the truth, and reach their first 1,500 people six times faster. This ⁽⁴⁾ …

27 Alarming Fake News Statistics [The 2022 Edition] – Letter.ly

Apr 1, 2021A large percentage of American adults have shared fake news on social media, data suggests. While 49% learned the information was false after ⁽⁵⁾ …

Aug 2, 2021Whether it is about the presidential election, climate change, or Covid-19 vaccines and the delta variant, misinformation continues to ⁽⁶⁾ …

Nearly half of readers report that they see fake news stories on their social media at least once a day. That’s a lot of exposure to fake news! Statistic: ⁽⁷⁾ …