An Italian survey from 2018 investigated the common opinions regarding the use of identity cards to register on social media. The survey showed that 33.2 percent of Italian users would like the use of ID cards to avoid anonymous profiles, while 12.3 percent of respondents was more concerned that this would provide even more information to companies owning online platforms.
Would you approve the use of the identity card to register on social media?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Yes, especially to avoid anonymous profiles
33.2%
Yes, especially to make sure that users are directly accountable for their behavior online
28.7%
Yes, mainly to control minimum age
14.9%
No, that would be an additional way to provide information to companies
12.3%
No, on the internet you should be completely free even to create an anonymous profile
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Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, & Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. (June 25, 2018). Would you approve the use of the identity card to register on social media? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/937722/identity-cards-and-social-media-registrations-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, und Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. "Would you approve the use of the identity card to register on social media?." Chart. June 25, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/937722/identity-cards-and-social-media-registrations-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. (2018). Would you approve the use of the identity card to register on social media?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/937722/identity-cards-and-social-media-registrations-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, and Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali. "Would You Approve The Use of The Identity Card to Register on Social Media?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/937722/identity-cards-and-social-media-registrations-in-italy/
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia & Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali, Would you approve the use of the identity card to register on social media? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/937722/identity-cards-and-social-media-registrations-in-italy/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Would you approve the use of the identity card to register on social media? [Graph], Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, & Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali, June 25, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/937722/identity-cards-and-social-media-registrations-in-italy/
