According to a survey held in April 2023, more than half of all responding adults said they believed they saw false or misleading information online every day. Just two percent said they never saw false news, and almost a fifth saw it on a weekly basis.
Frequency of seeing false or misleading information online among adults in the United States as of April 2023
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YouGov. (May 8, 2023). Frequency of seeing false or misleading information online among adults in the United States as of April 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462054/false-news-consumption-frequency-us/
YouGov. "Frequency of seeing false or misleading information online among adults in the United States as of April 2023." Chart. May 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462054/false-news-consumption-frequency-us/
YouGov. (2023). Frequency of seeing false or misleading information online among adults in the United States as of April 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462054/false-news-consumption-frequency-us/
YouGov. "Frequency of Seeing False or Misleading Information Online among Adults in The United States as of April 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462054/false-news-consumption-frequency-us/
YouGov, Frequency of seeing false or misleading information online among adults in the United States as of April 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462054/false-news-consumption-frequency-us/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Frequency of seeing false or misleading information online among adults in the United States as of April 2023 [Graph], YouGov, May 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462054/false-news-consumption-frequency-us/
