Trust in news posted on social media by issuer among French 2021

This statistic presents the level of confidence French people have in news circulating on social networks in 2021, depending on who have published this news. It shows that 19 percent of the respondents trusted news shared by their "friends", while 37 percent stated having confidence in news published on social media by a news media (print or audiovisual press).

Do you trust news circulating on social networks (Twitter, Facebook...)?

Characteristic	Absolutely confident	Somewhat confident	Rather not confident	Not confident at all	No answer
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Release date

January 2021

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Region

France

Survey time period

January 7-11, 2021

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

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

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