Mis and disinformation
This is new topic that has been added in to the tracker.
Confidence in recognising misleading information was significantly higher for news and media than it was for social media and confidence in social media was significantly higher than for AI generated summaries.
| Location | W22 July 2026 |
|---|---|
| in AI generated summaries | 42% |
| in social media | 49% |
| in the news/media | 58% |
Those with confidence in news and media were more likely to be:
- aged 65+
- white
Those with confidence in social media were more likely to be:
younger
- not working
- ethnic minority
- have allergy
- heard of FSS
Those with confidence in AI generated summaries were more likely to be:
- younger
- working
- ethnic minority
- heard of FSS