Original question: "For each of the following, please indicate if you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or strongly disagree: I trust the social media companies to ensure that the content that is shared on their platforms during times of crisis is factual."
According to the source, respondents were more urban and educated, with higher incomes than their fellow citizens, referred to as "Upper Deck Consumer Citizens". They were not nationally representative of their country.
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Trust in social media companies to ensure factual content during crisis in India 2019
According to a survey conducted by in June 2019, around ** percent of Indian respondents trusted social media companies to ensure content shared on their platforms during times of crisis to be factual. About ** percent strongly agreed with this statement.
The survey was conducted in light of coordinated attacks on more than *** Sri Lankans in April earlier that year. This had led to the shutting down of social media by the national government in an attempt to stop the spread of misinformation.
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Ipsos. (August 2, 2019). Levels of agreement that social media companies would ensure factuality of content on their platforms during times of crisis in India as of June 2019 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1039898/india-trust-social-media-company-factual-content-crisis/
Ipsos. "Levels of agreement that social media companies would ensure factuality of content on their platforms during times of crisis in India as of June 2019." Chart. August 2, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/1039898/india-trust-social-media-company-factual-content-crisis/
Ipsos. (2019). Levels of agreement that social media companies would ensure factuality of content on their platforms during times of crisis in India as of June 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/1039898/india-trust-social-media-company-factual-content-crisis/
Ipsos. "Levels of Agreement That Social Media Companies Would Ensure Factuality of Content on Their Platforms during times of Crisis in India as of June 2019." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 2 Aug 2019, /statistics/1039898/india-trust-social-media-company-factual-content-crisis/
Ipsos, Levels of agreement that social media companies would ensure factuality of content on their platforms during times of crisis in India as of June 2019 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1039898/india-trust-social-media-company-factual-content-crisis/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Levels of agreement that social media companies would ensure factuality of content on their platforms during times of crisis in India as of June 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, August 2, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1039898/india-trust-social-media-company-factual-content-crisis/
