The young French people are perfectly aware of the problem of fake information, having already encountered it extensively in France in 2019. Most of them (74 percent) stated that they encountered fake news sometimes (62 percent), and about six percent said to have never encountered false information on the Internet. According to the source, most of young people also did not trust social media in terms of news reliance.
Young people's degree of confrontation with false information online on the Internet in France in 2019
* The source adds: Sample of 3,004 young people aged 11 to 20 (quotas applied to sex and age) of which:
- 1,211 young people aged 11 to 14
- 895 young people aged 15 to 17
- 898 young people aged 18 to 20
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Institut Montaigne. (April 1, 2020). Young people's degree of confrontation with false information online on the Internet in France in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168502/fake-information-news-online-internet-confront-young-people-france/
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