Stacy Jo Dixon
Research expert covering social media usage worldwide
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Consumers witnessing false information on certain topics worldwide 2024
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Advertising revenue of misinformation publishers worldwide 2021
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U.S. users who have seen false content flagged as such by social media platforms 2021
U.S. adults opinions on the use of AI to find false information on social media 2021
Attitudes of adults in the United States toward social media companies using algorithms to find false information as of November 2021
U.S. adults on social media AI and human ability to detect false information 2021
Opinions of adults in the United States on the ability for social media-owned AI to find false information more effectively than human moderators as of November 2021
U.S. adults on the importance of inclusive false information algorithms 2021
Share of adults in the United States who say it is extremely or very important for social media firms to include people of various backgrounds when creating algorithms to find false information as of November 2021
U.S. outcomes of social media using AI to find fake information 2021
Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021
U.S. outcomes of social media using AI to find fake information 2021, by party ID
Share of users in the United States who perceive that the use of algorithms to find false information on social media has led to selected outcomes as of November 2021, by party identification
U.S. users on responsibility of false information-finding algorithms 2021
Groups that should play a role in setting standards for how social media firms use algorithms to find false information according to adults in the United States as of November 2021
U.S. priority tasks for false information detection AI on social media 2021, by PID
Priorities of computer programs when finding false information on social media platforms according to adults in the United States as of November 2021, by party identification
U.S. users who have seen false content flagged as such by social media platforms 2021
Share of social media users in the United States who have encountered content labelled as false on social media platforms as of November 2021
Consumers witnessing false information on certain topics worldwide 2024
News consumers who saw false or misleading information about key topics in the last week worldwide as of February 2024
Most shared coronavirus content on social media worldwide 2021
Most shared COVID-19 related content type on social media by Generation Z and Millennials worldwide in 2021
U.S. COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant adults social media and news consumption 2021
Social media and news consumption of COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant adults in the United States as of August 2021
U.S. responsibility controlling social media COVID misinformation 2021
Share of U.S. adults who think selected entities are most responsible for controlling the spread of false information about coronavirus on social media platforms as of July 2021
U.S. opinion on penalties for posting COVID-19 misinformation on social media 2021
Share of adults in the United States who believe users posting misinformation about the coronavirus should be penalized by social media platforms as of July 2021
U.S. opinion on COVID-19 misinformation accounts removal from social media 2021
Share of adults in the United States who believe fake accounts and pages created to spread misinformation about the coronavirus should be removed from social media platforms as of July 2021
U.S. adults on how social media companies handle COVID misinformation 2021
How well do you think social media companies are doing when it comes to preventing the spread of false information about coronavirus on their platforms?
Instagram recommended misinformation 2020, by content
Share of recommended Instagram misinformation posts between September and November 2020, by content
Sources of disinformation on COVID-19 as ranked by journalists worldwide 2020
Platforms with the most prolific spread of disinformation around COVID-19 cited by journalists worldwide as of June 2020
Leading health disinformation websites worldwide 2019-2020
Leading health misinformation websites worldwide between May 2019 and May 2020, by estimated views (in millions)
U.S. adults who use social media for COVID-19 vaccines news 2021
Share of online users in the United States who get news about COVID-19 vaccines on social media as of August 2021
U.S. adults on the importance of social media for COVID-19 vaccine news 2021
Share of online users in the United States who view social media as an important way to keep up with COVID-19 vaccine news as of August 2021
U.S. opinion on misleading health information removal from social media 2022
Share of adults in the United States who believe misleading health information about unregulated medical advice or false coronavirus claims should be removed from social media platforms as of May 2022
Global social media platforms growth of anti-vaxx followers 2020
Social media platforms anti-vaccination follower growth worldwide between July and August 2020
Global social media platforms removal of anti-vaxx misinformation 2020
Social media platforms removal of reported anti-vaccination misinformation worldwide between July and August 2020
Total Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) networks disrupted by Meta 2017-2021
Nature of total Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) networks disrupted by Meta platforms from 2017 to 2021
Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) networks disrupted by Meta 2017-2021
Nature of Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) networks disrupted by Meta platforms from 2017 to 2021
Countries where the most CIB networks disrupted by Meta originated 2017-2020
Countries where the highest number of Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) networks taken down by Meta originated from 2017 to 2020
Countries using organized social media manipulation campaigns 2017-2020
Number of countries with evidence of using social media to spread computational propaganda and disinformation about politics from 2017 to 2020
U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022
Share of registered voters in the United States who support social media companies banning content from Russian state-controlled media outlets as of March 2022
U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by age
Share of registered voters in the United States who support social media companies banning content from Russian state-controlled media outlets as of March 2022, by age group
U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by gender
Share of registered voters in the United States who support social media companies banning content from Russian state-controlled media outlets as of March 2022, by gender
U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by 2020 vote
Share of registered voters in the United States who support social media companies banning content from Russian state-controlled media outlets as of March 2022, by 2020 election vote
U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by party ID
Share of registered voters in the United States who support social media companies banning content from Russian state-controlled media outlets as of March 2022, by party ID
Opinion on Facebook and Instagram ban in Russia 2022, by age
What is your opinion on the blocking of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram?
Ability to identify true news stories among children in the United Kingdom (UK) 2023
Level of difficulty identifying whether a news story on social media is true among children in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023
Children reading fake news online United Kingdom (UK) 2023
Share of children who have seen deliberately untrue or misleading news online or on social media in the last year in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023
Ways children fact-check social media news United Kingdom (UK) 2023, by age group
Most likely actions children would take to check the reliability of news on social media sites or apps in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023, by age group
Children's responses to online fake news United Kingdom (UK) 2023, by age group
Most likely actions children would take when encountering inaccurate news online or on social media in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023, by age group
Gen Z and Millennials reactions to fake COVID-19 news on social media worldwide 2021
Reactions to coronavirus fake news on social media among Gen Z and Millennials worldwide as of January 2021
Expert opinion on future use of digital spaces for public good 2021
Industry leader opinion on the future of digital public spaces and people's use of them for public good by 2035 as of August 2021
Expert opinion on digital public space impact on future of society 2021
Industry leader opinion on the evolution of digital public spaces leading to a positive or negative future for society worldwide as of August 2021
Policy experts' opinions on key tech issues worldwide 2021
Opinions on tech companies' responses to key issues within the industry worldwide in 2021
Priorities for new legislation within tech worldwide 2021
Priority issues for new technology legislation or regulation worldwide in 2021
Journalists on frequency of seeing misinformation U.S. 2022
Frequency of journalists encountering false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022
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