Brazil: fake news as a threat to democracy 2021

During a survey conducted in Brazil in September 2021, approximately 77 percent of respondents stated that fake news involving politicians and justices of the Supreme Federal Court (STF, as abbreviated in Portuguese) were a threat to democracy. Around 19 percent of the interviewees said the opposite, while three percent said they did not know.

Public opinion on whether the spread of fake news on politicians and the Supreme Court threatens democracy in Brazil as of September 2021

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Release date

September 2021

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

September 13 to 15, 2021

Number of respondents

3,667 respondents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
The source does not specify the age of respondents.
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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