False news as a problem in EU countries 2022

The majority of respondents to a 2022 survey across the 27 European Union member states said they thought false news was a problem for their country (78 percent). However, the figures differ considerably from country to country. Whereas 91 percent of respondents in Greece and 90 percent in Malta believe false news is a problem in their country, only about half of Finnish respondents felt the same.

Attitudes to whether news or information that misrepresents reality or is false is a problem in EU member states as of February 2022, by country

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Release date

April 2022

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Survey time period

January 18 to February 14, 2022

Special properties

responses include those who responded 'totally agree' or 'tend to agree' and 'totally disagree' or 'tend to disagree', and excludes those who answerered 'don't know'

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Question: "Do you totally agree, tend to agree, tend to disagree or totally disagree with each of the following statements? The existence of news or information that misrepresent reality or is even false is a problem in (OUR COUNTRY)"

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