Netherlands: public opinion on trustworthiness of Facebook 2018

This statistic shows the results of a survey question asking for the public opinion on trustworthiness of Facebook posts in the Netherlands in 2018. The survey results show that a large share of respondents considered Facebook to be an untrustworthy source of information. Over 70 percent of survey participants considered Facebook posts to be untrustworthy sources of information, while just two percent trusted material posted on Facebook.

As of 2018, approximately 10.8 million people in the Netherlands used Facebook, making it one of the most popular social media platforms of the country. WhatsApp and Facebook remain the two most popular online social platforms in the Netherlands, with more than ten million users each.

How trustworthy do you consider posts on Facebook to be?

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

Early 2018

Number of respondents

1,193 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Dutch population

Supplementary notes

* The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.

The source does not provide the exact date of the survey.

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