Nine out of ten Brazilians admit to having believed fake news
Nearly nine out of ten Brazilians admit to having believed in fake news, according to a survey carried out by the Locomotiva Institute, obtained exclusively by Agência Brasil. In it, 26 percent of Brazilians admit to having believed in fake news. Even so, 62 percent trust their own ability to differentiate between false and true information in a piece of content.Regarding the content of the fake news they believed, 64 percent was about products being sold, 63 percent concerned proposals in electoral campaigns, 62 percent dealt with public policies—like vaccination—and 62 percent was about scandals involving politicians. There were also 57 percent who said they had believed untrue content about the economy and 51 percent in fake news involving public security and the prison system.The i...