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U.S. public opinion: entity responsible for preventing fake news consumption 2018

How much are social media sites like Facebook and YouTube responsible for the spread of fake news?

The data describes results of a survey on the extent to which social media sites like Facebook and YouTube responsible for the spread of fake news in the U.S. as of March 2018. During the survey, 29% of respondents stated that they believed social media sites were mostly responsible for the spread of fake news.

Mostly responsible	29
Partly responsible but other media sources are more responsible	60
Not at all responsible	6
Don’t know	5

U.S. public opinion: entity responsible for preventing fake news consumption 2018

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