During a survey conducted in Brazil in March 2022, more than 80 percent of respondents said social media platforms should delete content featuring fake news as soon as possible. Around 14 percent of the interviewees stated that the companies should leave the content online but flag it as fake, whereas about three percent said social media corporations should not do anything about it. Half a year earlier, more than three out of four respondents stated that the spread of fake news on politicians and the Supreme Court justices threatened democracy in Brazil.
Share of adults in Brazil who agree on the duty of social media platforms to delete fake news content in Brazil as of March 2022
The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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Folha. (March 26, 2022). Share of adults in Brazil who agree on the duty of social media platforms to delete fake news content in Brazil as of March 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314252/opinion-social-media-delete-fake-news-brazil/
Folha. "Share of adults in Brazil who agree on the duty of social media platforms to delete fake news content in Brazil as of March 2022." Chart. March 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314252/opinion-social-media-delete-fake-news-brazil/
Folha. (2022). Share of adults in Brazil who agree on the duty of social media platforms to delete fake news content in Brazil as of March 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314252/opinion-social-media-delete-fake-news-brazil/
Folha. "Share of Adults in Brazil Who Agree on The Duty of Social Media Platforms to Delete Fake News Content in Brazil as of March 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314252/opinion-social-media-delete-fake-news-brazil/
Folha, Share of adults in Brazil who agree on the duty of social media platforms to delete fake news content in Brazil as of March 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314252/opinion-social-media-delete-fake-news-brazil/ (last visited December 24, 2024)
Share of adults in Brazil who agree on the duty of social media platforms to delete fake news content in Brazil as of March 2022 [Graph], Folha, March 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314252/opinion-social-media-delete-fake-news-brazil/
