Figure 1.4: People who use platforms for news daily trust news in general more

Percentage who trust information in the news media in general among those who do not use platforms, those who use them for any purpose, and those who use them daily for news.

Q5. Generally speaking, to what extent do you trust, or not trust information from the news media in [Brazil/India/the UK/the US]? Q20. How often, if ever, would you say you get news via the following platforms? Bases: Among platform non-users, they range from 328 on WhatsApp to 1,831 on Twitter in Brazil, 939 on WhatsApp to 1,986 on Twitter in India, 659 on Google to 1,678 on TikTok in the UK, 525 on Google to 1,479 on TikTok in the US. Among platform users, they range from 169 on Twitter to 1,672 on WhatsApp in Brazil, 148 on Twitter to 1,195 on WhatsApp in India, 528 on TikTok to 1,547 on Google in the UK, 644 on TikTok to 1,591 on Google in the US. Among daily users for news, they range from 95 on Twitter to 1,152 on WhatsApp in Brazil, 110 on Twitter to 982 on WhatsApp in India, 237 on TikTok to 698 on Google in the UK, 216 on WhatsApp to 722 on Google in the US. Note: We categorised individuals who used each platform at least once in the past 30 days as 'users'. This figure shows percentages for those who said they 'trust completely' or 'trust somewhat' the information from the news media in their country.

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