This statistic presents the opinions and attitudes of both teens and the parents of teens on the concern among the use of fake accounts and bots on social media platforms to sell or influence products, as of May 2018. According to the findings, 40 percent of parents in the United States were extremely concerned with the use of such purchase influencing tactics on social media platforms, while only 18 percent of teens expressed the same level of concern.
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Common Sense Media. (June 11, 2018). How concerned are you that there are fake accounts and bots on social media platforms that are used to try to sell you things or influence you? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/881017/fake-social-media-accounts-bots-influencing-selling-purchases-usa/
Common Sense Media. "How concerned are you that there are fake accounts and bots on social media platforms that are used to try to sell you things or influence you?." Chart. June 11, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881017/fake-social-media-accounts-bots-influencing-selling-purchases-usa/
Common Sense Media. (2018). How concerned are you that there are fake accounts and bots on social media platforms that are used to try to sell you things or influence you?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881017/fake-social-media-accounts-bots-influencing-selling-purchases-usa/
Common Sense Media. "How Concerned Are You That There Are Fake Accounts and Bots on Social Media Platforms That Are Used to Try to Sell You Things or Influence You?." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881017/fake-social-media-accounts-bots-influencing-selling-purchases-usa/
Common Sense Media, How concerned are you that there are fake accounts and bots on social media platforms that are used to try to sell you things or influence you? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881017/fake-social-media-accounts-bots-influencing-selling-purchases-usa/ (last visited November 18, 2024)
How concerned are you that there are fake accounts and bots on social media platforms that are used to try to sell you things or influence you? [Graph], Common Sense Media, June 11, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881017/fake-social-media-accounts-bots-influencing-selling-purchases-usa/
