Misinformation on social media

Statistics report about misinformation on social media

Misinformation on social media

This report presents statistics on misinformation on social media, with particular attention to COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation, as well as Russia's social media ban, and users opinions on algorithms to detect false information. This report also includes expert opinions on the subject matter, and how children identify and detect false online content.

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Social media companies and algorithms

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults opinions on the use of AI to find false information on social media 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on social media AI and human ability to detect false information 2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults on the importance of inclusive false information algorithms 2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. outcomes of social media using AI to find fake information 2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. outcomes of social media using AI to find fake information 2021, by party ID
  • Premium Statistic U.S. users on responsibility of false information-finding algorithms 2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. priority tasks for false information detection AI on social media 2021, by PID
  • Premium Statistic U.S. users who have seen false content flagged as such by social media platforms 2021

COVID-19

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  • Basic Statistic Consumers witnessing false information on certain topics worldwide 2023
  • Premium Statistic Most shared coronavirus content on social media worldwide 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant adults social media and news consumption 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. responsibility controlling social media COVID misinformation 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. opinion on penalties for posting COVID-19 misinformation on social media 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. opinion on COVID-19 misinformation accounts removal from social media 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on how social media companies handle COVID misinformation 2021
  • Basic Statistic Instagram recommended misinformation 2020, by content
  • Basic Statistic Sources of disinformation on COVID-19 as ranked by journalists worldwide 2020
  • Basic Statistic Leading health disinformation websites worldwide 2019-2020

Vaccines

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults who use social media for COVID-19 vaccines news 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on the importance of social media for COVID-19 vaccine news 2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. opinion on misleading health information removal from social media 2022
  • Basic Statistic Global social media platforms growth of anti-vaxx followers 2020
  • Basic Statistic Global social media platforms removal of anti-vaxx misinformation 2020

Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior

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  • Basic Statistic Total Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) networks disrupted by Meta 2017-2021
  • Basic Statistic Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) networks disrupted by Meta 2017-2021
  • Basic Statistic Countries where the most CIB networks disrupted by Meta originated 2017-2020
  • Basic Statistic Countries using organized social media manipulation campaigns 2017-2020

Spotlight: Russia

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by age
  • Basic Statistic U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by 2020 vote
  • Basic Statistic U.S. voters on social media ban of Russian state-controlled media 2022, by party ID
  • Premium Statistic Opinion on Facebook and Instagram ban in Russia 2022, by age

Children and false online information

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  • Premium Statistic Ability to identify true news stories among children in the United Kingdom (UK) 2023
  • Premium Statistic Children reading fake news online United Kingdom (UK) 2023
  • Premium Statistic Ways children fact-check social media news United Kingdom (UK) 2023, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Children's responses to online fake news United Kingdom (UK) 2023, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Gen Z and Millennials reactions to fake COVID-19 news on social media worldwide 2021

Expert opinions

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  • Basic Statistic Expert opinion on future use of digital spaces for public good 2021
  • Basic Statistic Expert opinion on digital public space impact on future of society 2021
  • Premium Statistic Policy experts' opinions on key tech issues worldwide 2021
  • Premium Statistic Priorities for new legislation within tech worldwide 2021
  • Basic Statistic Journalists on frequency of seeing misinformation U.S. 2022
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