US Adults Who Get News From Social Media Sites Remain Skeptical About Its Accuracy

A recent survey from Pew Research Center found that 36% of respondents get news from Facebook regularly

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Roughly one-half of adults in the U.S. often or sometimes get news from social media sites, but the majority of them have questions about the accuracy of that news, according to a new study from Pew Research Center.

The think tank surveyed 9,220 U.S. adults from Aug. 31 through Sept. 7, 2020, and it found that while 53% of respondents often or sometimes turn to social networks for news, 59% of those who do so with any frequency expect that news to be largely inaccurate, while just 39% expect it to be largely accurate.

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