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Problem of outside groups planting fake news on social media U.S. 2018

Public opinion on outside groups or agents planting fake news stories on social media in the United States as of March 2018

The data describes data on the public opinion on outside groups or agents planting fake news stories on social media in the U.S. as of March 2018. During the survey, 71% of respondents stated that they believed that outside groups were actively trying to plant fake news stories on social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube and that it was a serious problem.

Yes, serious problem	71
Yes, not too serious	16
No, not happening	7
Don't know	7

Problem of outside groups planting fake news on social media U.S. 2018

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