In March 2020, about three-quarters (74%) of public Facebook posts about COVID-19 linked to news organizations, while just 1% linked to health and science sites.
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#BlackLivesMatter was used roughly 47.8 million times on Twitter – an average of just under 3.7 million times per day – from May 26 to June 7.
Amid the back-and-forth between Twitter and President Trump, here are facts about Americans’ attitudes toward social media companies.
Although most national officials use the platform, their posts receive only a small number of likes and retweets.
From distractions to jealousy, how Americans navigate cellphones and social media in their romantic relationships.
More than half of all tweets sent by members of the U.S. Congress between March 11 and 21 were related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Despite the spread of the conspiracy theories, about three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have heard or read nothing at all about them.
More than half of these social media news consumers say they have encountered made-up news about COVID-19.
74% of Americans express little or no confidence in tech companies to prevent the misuse of their platforms to influence the 2020 election.
Americans who closely follow political news are more likely to have confidence that the public will accept election results. And that's true across party boundaries.
