The majority of respondents to a 2022 survey across the 27 European Union member states said they agreed that it was easy for them to spot news or information they believed to misrepresent reality or be false, with 17 percent totally agreeing that this was the case, and a further 45 percent said that they tended to agree. Just seven percent disagreed entirely that it was easy for them to identify such content.
Attitudes to whether it is easy to identify news or information that misrepresents reality or is false in EU member states as of February 2022
Question: Do you totally agree, tend to agree, tend to disagree or totally disagree with each of the following statements? It is easy for you to identify news or information that you believe misrepresent reality or are even false
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European Commission. (April 4, 2022). Attitudes to whether it is easy to identify news or information that misrepresents reality or is false in EU member states as of February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076864/identifying-fake-news-in-europe/
European Commission. "Attitudes to whether it is easy to identify news or information that misrepresents reality or is false in EU member states as of February 2022." Chart. April 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076864/identifying-fake-news-in-europe/
European Commission. (2022). Attitudes to whether it is easy to identify news or information that misrepresents reality or is false in EU member states as of February 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076864/identifying-fake-news-in-europe/
European Commission. "Attitudes to Whether It Is Easy to Identify News or Information That Misrepresents Reality or Is False in Eu Member States as of February 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076864/identifying-fake-news-in-europe/
European Commission, Attitudes to whether it is easy to identify news or information that misrepresents reality or is false in EU member states as of February 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076864/identifying-fake-news-in-europe/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Attitudes to whether it is easy to identify news or information that misrepresents reality or is false in EU member states as of February 2022 [Graph], European Commission, April 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076864/identifying-fake-news-in-europe/
