This statistic shows the amount of trust of U.S. internet users put into news that their friends and family share on Facebook. During the December 2016 survey, 61 percent of respondents stated that they only trusted news on the social network a little. A total of 19 percent of respondents did not trust news posted via Facebook at all.
How much do you trust news that your friends and family share on Facebook?
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YouGov. (December 12, 2016). How much do you trust news that your friends and family share on Facebook? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184278/us-trust-news-shared-by-friends-and-family-on-facebook/
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YouGov. (2016). How much do you trust news that your friends and family share on Facebook?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184278/us-trust-news-shared-by-friends-and-family-on-facebook/
YouGov. "How Much Do You Trust News That Your Friends and Family Share on Facebook?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184278/us-trust-news-shared-by-friends-and-family-on-facebook/
YouGov, How much do you trust news that your friends and family share on Facebook? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184278/us-trust-news-shared-by-friends-and-family-on-facebook/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
How much do you trust news that your friends and family share on Facebook? [Graph], YouGov, December 12, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184278/us-trust-news-shared-by-friends-and-family-on-facebook/