According to an online survey conducted in the United States in November 2021, 38 percent of respondents stated that social media companies' use of algorithms to find false information was a good idea for society, whilst 31 percent felt it was a bad idea. Overall, 30 percent of those asked said that they were not sure if the use of computer programs to detect false information was good or bad for society.
Attitudes of adults in the United States toward social media companies using algorithms to find false information as of November 2021
Original statement: "Computer programs can be trained to review large amounts of information and learn to identify patterns. These programs, called algorithms, are widely used by social media companies to find false information about important topics that appears on their sites"
The values may not sum up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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Pew Research Center. (March 17, 2022). Attitudes of adults in the United States toward social media companies using algorithms to find false information as of November 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311217/un-opinions-ai-usage-to-find-false-information-social-media/
Pew Research Center. "Attitudes of adults in the United States toward social media companies using algorithms to find false information as of November 2021." Chart. March 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311217/un-opinions-ai-usage-to-find-false-information-social-media/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Attitudes of adults in the United States toward social media companies using algorithms to find false information as of November 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311217/un-opinions-ai-usage-to-find-false-information-social-media/
Pew Research Center. "Attitudes of Adults in The United States toward Social Media Companies Using Algorithms to Find False Information as of November 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311217/un-opinions-ai-usage-to-find-false-information-social-media/
Pew Research Center, Attitudes of adults in the United States toward social media companies using algorithms to find false information as of November 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311217/un-opinions-ai-usage-to-find-false-information-social-media/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Attitudes of adults in the United States toward social media companies using algorithms to find false information as of November 2021 [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311217/un-opinions-ai-usage-to-find-false-information-social-media/
