Trust in online social network news in Europe 2018, by country

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Amy Watson,
Aug 25, 2022
The level of trust in news coming from online social networks and messaging apps varies from country to country in the EU, according to a 2018 survey. Just over a quarter of the EU28 tended to trust or totally trust news from social media. However, in some countries levels of trust were even lower; in Germany for example, it was just 17 percent. And in Croatia 40 percent said they trusted social media as a news source.

Level of trust in online social networks and messaging apps as news sources in EU member states as of February 2018, by country

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Release date

April 2018

Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

February 2018

Number of respondents

26,576 respondents

Method of interview

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Supplementary notes

The survey involved 26,576 individuals in 28 European countries.

Respondents were asked: "How much do you trust or not the news and information you access through online social networks and messaging apps?"

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