Actions taken after reading fake COVID-19 news in the UK 2020-2021

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Amy Watson,
Mar 20, 2023
A survey carried out in the United Kingdom in September 2021 found that 52 percent of respondents did not take any action after encountering what they believed to be false or misleading information on the COVID-19 outbreak. Whilst this figure was lower than the share who said the same in the 2020 survey, taking no action remained the most common response to fake coronavirus news. Meanwhile, 16 percent used a fact checking site or tool to determine whether or not the information they found was true, and 14 percent turned to family or friends for help in confirming the legitimacy of news they suspected to be false.

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Actions taken after encountering false or misleading information about the coronavirus in the last week in the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2020 and September 2021

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Release date

December 2021

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

September 13 to 15, 2020 and September 3 to 5, 2021

Number of respondents

2020: 1,121; 2021: 1,060

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question: When you came across false or misleading information in the LAST WEEK, what (if anything) did you do after seeing it?

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