According to an online survey conducted in November 2021 in the United States, just under three-quarters of social media users said they had seen information on social media platforms that had been flagged or labeled as false. Furthermore, the remaining 26 percent said they had not witnessed social media content being identified as disinformation. When possible, some social media companies add fact-check labels to posts that relate to the false content in an attempt to counteract untrue claims.
Share of social media users in the United States who have encountered content labelled as false on social media platforms as of November 2021
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Pew Research Center. (March 17, 2022). Share of social media users in the United States who have encountered content labelled as false on social media platforms as of November 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311236/us-social-media-users-on-labelled-false-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of social media users in the United States who have encountered content labelled as false on social media platforms as of November 2021." Chart. March 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311236/us-social-media-users-on-labelled-false-content/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Share of social media users in the United States who have encountered content labelled as false on social media platforms as of November 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311236/us-social-media-users-on-labelled-false-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Social Media Users in The United States Who Have Encountered Content Labelled as False on Social Media Platforms as of November 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311236/us-social-media-users-on-labelled-false-content/
Pew Research Center, Share of social media users in the United States who have encountered content labelled as false on social media platforms as of November 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311236/us-social-media-users-on-labelled-false-content/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Share of social media users in the United States who have encountered content labelled as false on social media platforms as of November 2021 [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311236/us-social-media-users-on-labelled-false-content/
