U.S. adults on social media company catfishing responsibilities 2022, by age group
According to a January 2022 survey, 66 percent of 18 to 34 year old U.S. adults felt that social media companies should be doing more to identify and remove potential catfish from their platforms, whereas 18 percent in this age group felt that they were already doing enough to tackle the problem. Overall, 80 percent of respondents aged 65 and over thought that social media companies were not doing enough to address potential catfishing accounts.