
Ability to recognize fake news in the U.S. 2020
According a survey held in December 2020, the share of people aged 16 years and above in the United States who were very confident in their ability to distinguish real news from false information amounted to 39.3 percent. A further 54 percent were somewhat confident that they were able to identify misinformation, whereas just 6.6 percent had little faith in themselves to determine facts from fake content.