A January 2022 survey conducted in the United States found that 54 percent of female respondents and 50 percent of male respondents strongly supported social media companies requiring users to verify their identity before creating a profile. Overall, just three percent of women and five percent of men strongly opposed identity verification when opening a social media account.
Share of adults in the United States who support identity verification to create a social media profile as of January 2022, by gender
Original question: "Do you support or oppose the following measures social media companies could take to help reduce catfishing on their platforms? Require users to verify their identities before creating a profile". The source defines catfishing as a situation "where users are tricked by fake accounts into online relationships and sometimes scammed out of money".
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Morning Consult. (January 27, 2022). Share of adults in the United States who support identity verification to create a social media profile as of January 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295130/us-adults-social-media-identity-verification-to-create-account-by-gender/
Morning Consult. "Share of adults in the United States who support identity verification to create a social media profile as of January 2022, by gender." Chart. January 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295130/us-adults-social-media-identity-verification-to-create-account-by-gender/
Morning Consult. (2022). Share of adults in the United States who support identity verification to create a social media profile as of January 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295130/us-adults-social-media-identity-verification-to-create-account-by-gender/
Morning Consult. "Share of Adults in The United States Who Support Identity Verification to Create a Social Media Profile as of January 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295130/us-adults-social-media-identity-verification-to-create-account-by-gender/
Morning Consult, Share of adults in the United States who support identity verification to create a social media profile as of January 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295130/us-adults-social-media-identity-verification-to-create-account-by-gender/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Share of adults in the United States who support identity verification to create a social media profile as of January 2022, by gender [Graph], Morning Consult, January 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295130/us-adults-social-media-identity-verification-to-create-account-by-gender/
