According to a January 2022 survey, 60 percent of adults in the United States said that they strongly supported giving social media users a safety guard for their profile pictures to prevent catfishing on social media. Overall, 56 percent of respondents thought that banning fake accounts would help to prevent catfishing and 53 percent stated that there should be laws against impersonation on social media. Furthermore, four percent of those asked said they strongly opposed requiring identity verification to create a social media profile.
Measures which adults in the United States support to prevent catfishing on social media as of January 2022
Characteristic
Strongly support
Somewhat support
Don't know/No opinion
Somewhat oppose
Strongly oppose
Giving users a safety guard for profile pictures
60%
24%
10%
3%
3%
Banning fake accounts
56%
23%
12%
5%
4%
Laws against impersonation on social media
53%
25%
13%
5%
4%
Requiring identity verification to create a profile
52%
28%
10%
6%
4%
Blocking users from screenshotting another profile picture
50%
22%
15%
8%
5%
Creating a reverse image search to identify duplicates
Original question: "Do you support or oppose each of the following measures to prevent catfishing on social media platforms?" The source defines catfishing as a situation "where users are tricked by fake accounts into online relationships and sometimes scammed out of money". Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Morning Consult. (January 27, 2022). Measures which adults in the United States support to prevent catfishing on social media as of January 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291633/us-adults-catfishing-prevention-social-media/
Morning Consult. "Measures which adults in the United States support to prevent catfishing on social media as of January 2022." Chart. January 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291633/us-adults-catfishing-prevention-social-media/
Morning Consult. (2022). Measures which adults in the United States support to prevent catfishing on social media as of January 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291633/us-adults-catfishing-prevention-social-media/
Morning Consult. "Measures Which Adults in The United States Support to Prevent Catfishing on Social Media as of January 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291633/us-adults-catfishing-prevention-social-media/
Morning Consult, Measures which adults in the United States support to prevent catfishing on social media as of January 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291633/us-adults-catfishing-prevention-social-media/ (last visited December 11, 2024)
Measures which adults in the United States support to prevent catfishing on social media as of January 2022 [Graph], Morning Consult, January 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291633/us-adults-catfishing-prevention-social-media/
