A survey held in Europe in December 2020 found that the biggest impact of fake news on consumers was that they checked facts more thoroughly themselves, with a total of 34.6 percent of respondents across 23 participating countries saying that they did so. Meanwhile, 12.4 percent stopped getting news from specific places, and eight percent reduced the amount of time spent on social media.
*Respondents were aged 16 to over 54, with the majority of participants between the ages of 18 and 24 (28.1 percent). The gender split skewed female (55.2 percent).
**Top five countries represented were the UK (41.2 percent), Italy (13.1 percent), Spain (7.9 percent), Greece (6.2 percent), and Romania (5.1 percent).
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Trusted Web Foundation. (January 28, 2021). Impact of fake news in Europe as of December 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306482/fake-news-impact-europe/
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