Monday 6 June 2022 10:10 PM Fake online news has fooled more than half of us at least once, study suggests trends now
Monday 6 June 2022 10:10 PM Fake online news has fooled more than half of us at least once, study suggests trends now
Fake online news has fooled more than half of us at least once, study suggests 52 per cent of 2,000 Brits admitted to being deceived by fake news online once One in every 20 Britons believe everything they see online, the survey revealed Newsworks found 80 percent of people find misinformation on the internet
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More than half of Britons admit they have been deceived by fake news online at least once, a study has revealed.
Newsworks, the newspaper industry marketing body, found 80 per cent of people regularly come across misinformation while browsing the internet.
However, less than half of respondents said they bothered to check whether it was true – and one in ten never did at all.
Jo Allan, Newsworks chief executive, said: ‘With the rise in misinformation, trusted journalism matters more now than ever before. And as fake news has become less easy to control, we have seen a surge in people
