Latin America: young women's opinion on who should fight fake news 2021

During a 2021 survey conducted among women aged between 15 and 24 years in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Peru, 22 percent of respondents said social media companies should be responsible for identifying and countering misinformation and disinformation online. Similarly, 21 percent of the interviewees stated that news and media companies should have that responsibility.

Opinions of female teenagers and young adults on who should detect and combat misinformation and disinformation online in Latin America as of March 2021

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Release date

September 2021

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

February 9 to March 7, 2021

Number of respondents

5,001*

Age group

15-24 years

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

* Number of respondents per country surveyed:
Brazil = 1,000
Colombia = 1,000
Ecuador = 1,000
El Salvador = 1,001
Peru = 1,000

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Who should be responsible for identifying and countering misinformation and/or disinformation online?"

The source adds the following information: "Three different methodologies were used to collect the data. [...] Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), i.e. telephone calls [...] Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI), i.e. face-to-face interviews [...] Computer Assisted Web-Interviewing (CAWI), i.e. online survey."

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