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Frequency of encountering false or misleading information or news about the coronavirus in the last week in the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2020 and September 2021

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Release date

December 2021

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

September 11 to 13, 2020 and September 3 to 5, 2021

Number of respondents

2020: 576; 2021: 484

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question: How frequently have you come across information/news that you know to be false or misleading? All respondents who think they came across information/news about coronavirus and think it is false or misleading in last week

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Coronavirus: fake news consumption frequency in the UK 2020-2021

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Dec 7, 2021
In a survey carried out in the United Kingdom in September 2021, five percent of respondents said that they had encountered news or information about the coronavirus that they believed to be false or misleading ** times or more per day in the last week. This marked an increase of *** percent from the share who said the same in the survey wave held in September 2020. Meanwhile, ** percent of respondents believed they had seen fake news about COVID-19 a few times a week in September 2021.
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