Data on trust in the news reported by selected social media platforms in the United States revealed that as of April 2023, news found on TikTok was considered to be the least trustworthy overall, with 50 percent of respondents saying they did not trust news they encountered on the platform. Facebook, X, and YouTube fared the best in terms of trustworthy news content, with over 20 percent of respondents saying they felt the reporting they saw on these sites was reliable.
Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of April 2023
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YouGov. (May 8, 2023). Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of April 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov. "Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of April 2023." Chart. May 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov. (2023). Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of April 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov. "Level of Trust in News Shared on Selected Social Media Platforms in The United States as of April 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov, Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of April 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of April 2023 [Graph], YouGov, May 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
