According to an online survey conducted in November 2021 in the United States, 86 percent of Republican, or leaning Republican respondents reported considering that political viewpoints were definitely or probably being censored on social media, due to digital companies using algorithms to detect false information. Overall, 58 percent of Democrats, or leaning Democratic respondents, thought the same. Around a quarter of Democratic respondents agreed that the use of false-information detecting computer programs was making it easier to find trustworthy information.
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, by party identification
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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, by party identification [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311256/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content-by-party-id/
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, by party identification." Chart. March 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311256/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content-by-party-id/
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, by party identification. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311256/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content-by-party-id/
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, by Party Identification." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311256/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content-by-party-id/
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, by party identification Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311256/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content-by-party-id/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
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, by party identification [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311256/us-opinions-on-social-media-using-ai-to-find-fake-content-by-party-id/
