According to a survey conducted in October 2022, 44 percent of respondents who received a great deal or a fair amount of their news from social media platform Telegram said that they thought it was definitely or probably true that the Manchester Arena terror attack in 2017 involved crisis actors. Overall, one-third of those who used TikTok for news also thought that there were people involved in the bombing that pretended to be injured or killed. For the overall population, 14 percent of people thought that crisis actors were involved in the attack, showing a rise in conspiracy theories among users who rely on social media for news and information.
Share of social media users in the United Kingdom (UK) who get most of their news from online networks and believe that crisis actors were involved in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017 as of October 2022, by platform
data weighted to be representative of the UK population by age, gender, region and social grade
Supplementary notes
Share of users who say "it is definitely or probably true" that "the Manchester Arena attack involved 'crisis actors' who pretended to be injured or killed - people weren't really killed or injured"
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King’s College London. (October 31, 2022). Share of social media users in the United Kingdom (UK) who get most of their news from online networks and believe that crisis actors were involved in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017 as of October 2022, by platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1344831/uk-social-media-users-on-manchester-arena-attack-conspiracy-theories-crisis-actors/
King’s College London. "Share of social media users in the United Kingdom (UK) who get most of their news from online networks and believe that crisis actors were involved in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017 as of October 2022, by platform." Chart. October 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1344831/uk-social-media-users-on-manchester-arena-attack-conspiracy-theories-crisis-actors/
King’s College London. (2022). Share of social media users in the United Kingdom (UK) who get most of their news from online networks and believe that crisis actors were involved in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017 as of October 2022, by platform. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1344831/uk-social-media-users-on-manchester-arena-attack-conspiracy-theories-crisis-actors/
King’s College London. "Share of Social Media Users in The United Kingdom (Uk) Who Get Most of Their News from Online Networks and Believe That Crisis Actors Were Involved in The Manchester Arena Attack in 2017 as of October 2022, by Platform." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2022, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1344831/uk-social-media-users-on-manchester-arena-attack-conspiracy-theories-crisis-actors/
King’s College London, Share of social media users in the United Kingdom (UK) who get most of their news from online networks and believe that crisis actors were involved in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017 as of October 2022, by platform Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1344831/uk-social-media-users-on-manchester-arena-attack-conspiracy-theories-crisis-actors/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Share of social media users in the United Kingdom (UK) who get most of their news from online networks and believe that crisis actors were involved in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017 as of October 2022, by platform [Graph], King’s College London, October 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1344831/uk-social-media-users-on-manchester-arena-attack-conspiracy-theories-crisis-actors/
