News credibility on social networks in France 2021

The share of French Internet users who did not trust news shared on social networks in 2021 was quite important. Indeed, 66 percent of the respondents didn't trust what was shared by their friends on social media, with 30 percent not being really trustful and 36 percent not being trustful at all. When the information came from news websites, written or audiovisual press, 47 percent showed distrust. However, 35 percent of the respondents remained rather trustful in news websites, compared to 16 percent regarding information published by friends on social media.

Do you think that the information that circulates on social media is trustworthy?*

Characteristic	... when published by friends	... when coming from news websites, written or audiovisual press
No answer	15%	16%
Not trustworthy	36%	20%
Not really trustworthy	30%	27%
Rather trustworthy	16%	35%
Completely trustworthy	3%	2%

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Release date

January 2021

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Region

France

Survey time period

January 7 to 11, 2021

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* The source phrased the question as follows: "Avez-vous confiance dans les informations qui circulent sur les réseaux sociaux (comme twitter ou Facebook par exemple)..."

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