Confidence in ability to spot online misinformation India 2023

Published by
Tanushree Basuroy,
Jun 26, 2024
A survey on digital news consumption conducted in March 2023 revealed that online news consumers in India were fairly confident in their ability to identify misinformation and fake news online, as indicated by 59 percent of the responses. The instances of encountering fake news online have reportedly grown with more than 60 percent of survey respondents reporting to sometimes spotting fake news online.

Online news consumers' confidence in spotting online misinformation in India as of March 2023

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Release date

May 2023

Region

India

Survey time period

March 2023

Number of respondents

more than 86,000 respondents

Age group

15-60 years

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with additional qualitative and quantitative analyses across eight Indian languages

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Figures do not add up to 100 due to the rounding.

Original question: "How confident are you in your ability to identify online misinformation?"

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