According to an online survey conducted in November 2021 in the United States, seven in 10 adults thought that political viewpoints were being censored due to social media companies' use of algorithms to detect false information. Additionally, roughly the same amount of respondents said that news and information were being wrongly removed as a result of such computer programs. Overall, 40 percent of respondents said that it was getting easier to find trustworthy information as a result of false information checking algorithms.
Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021
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Pew Research Center. (March 17, 2022). Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311247/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021." Chart. March 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311247/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311247/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Users in The United States Who Perceive That The Use of Algorithms to Find False Information on Social Media Has Led to Selected Outcomes as of November 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311247/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content/
Pew Research Center, Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311247/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021 [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311247/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content/
