This statistic shows the public opinion on the need to ban the spread of misleading information during the coronavirus crisis in Spain. According to the survey carried out in April 2020, more than 60 percent of those surveyed reported that information should be restricted and controlled, establishing only an official source of information. By contrast, 30.8 percent believed that no information should be restricted or prohibited.
Public opinion on banning the spread of misleading information during the coronavirus crisis in Spain in April 2020
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Information should be restricted and controlled, establishing only an official source of information
The question was asked in the following way by the source: "Do you think that at the moment, the dissemination of hoaxes and misleading and unsubstantiated information by networks and the social media should be prohibited, sending all the information on the pandemic to official sources, or do you think that total freedom must be maintained for the dissemination of news and information?
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Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (April 20, 2020). Public opinion on banning the spread of misleading information during the coronavirus crisis in Spain in April 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119377/covid-19-opinion-on-the-prohibition-of-the-diffusion-of-hoaxes-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. "Public opinion on banning the spread of misleading information during the coronavirus crisis in Spain in April 2020." Chart. April 20, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119377/covid-19-opinion-on-the-prohibition-of-the-diffusion-of-hoaxes-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (2020). Public opinion on banning the spread of misleading information during the coronavirus crisis in Spain in April 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119377/covid-19-opinion-on-the-prohibition-of-the-diffusion-of-hoaxes-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. "Public Opinion on Banning The Spread of Misleading Information during The Coronavirus Crisis in Spain in April 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119377/covid-19-opinion-on-the-prohibition-of-the-diffusion-of-hoaxes-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Public opinion on banning the spread of misleading information during the coronavirus crisis in Spain in April 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119377/covid-19-opinion-on-the-prohibition-of-the-diffusion-of-hoaxes-in-spain/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Public opinion on banning the spread of misleading information during the coronavirus crisis in Spain in April 2020 [Graph], Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, April 20, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119377/covid-19-opinion-on-the-prohibition-of-the-diffusion-of-hoaxes-in-spain/
