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The chart presents the distribution of online and offline sales of dangerous counterfeit products in EU in the period 2017-2019, based on the OECD and the European Union Intellectual Property Office report "Dangerous Fakes: Trade in Counterfeit Goods that Pose Health, Safety and Environmental Risks," published in March 2022. The report shows that while online sales represented 60% of global seizures of dangerous products destined to the EU, when it come to seized value, it amounts to only 11% of global seized value. European Union refers to EU28. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

The chart presents the polarisation scores for the countries where the left–right distinction is meaningful, as shown by the Reuters Institute report. The data shows that polarisation amongst the most popular online news brands is highest in the United States, followed by Italy, Spain and Poland. Nordic and Western European countries exhibit lower degrees of polarisation. The results are based on answers to the the survey questions "Q1F. Some people talk about ‘left’, ‘right’, and ‘centre’ to describe parties and politicians. With this in mind, where would you place yourself on the following scale?"and "Q5b. Which of the following brands have you used to access news ONLINE in the last week?"

The chart presents the level of trust in the news media across countries, as shown by the Reuters Institute report. The research suggests that the vast majority of news people consume still comes from mainstream media and that most of the reasons for distrust also relate to mainstream media. The results show that highest trust is found in affluent Northern European and Scandinavian countries as well as Portugal and Brazil, while Central, Southern, and Eastern European countries tend to be at the other end of the scale, along with some Asian countries where media are considered to be too close to government. In Greece and South Korea less than a quarter of respondents (23%) agreed that you could trust the news most of the time. The results are based on answers to the the survey question "Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements. - I think you can trust most news most of the time/I think I can trust most of the news I consume most of the time"

The chart shows the percentage of posts in Reuters Institute's sample rated as false that were still active and did not have a clear label at the end of March 2020 (Twitter: (N=43; YouTube: N=6; Facebook: N=33) out of the total number of posts on each platform in the sample (Twitter: N= 73; YouTube: N= 22; Facebook: N=137).

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Facebook as containing adult nudity and sexual activity compared to the content reported by the users. As the result shows, the percentage of content actioned that Facebook found and flagged before users reported it is significantly higher that the one reported by users.

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Facebook as containing child nudity and physical abuse compared to the content reported by the users from April 2021 until March 2022. The percentage reported by users is significantly lower that the one found by Facebook.

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Facebook as containing child nudity and exploitation compared to the content reported by the users from July 2018 until March 2021. Since April 2021, the Child Nudity and Sexual Exploitation content have been renamed Child Endangerment, with two categories: Nudity and Physical Abuse and Sexual Exploitations, which are monitored separately. The data shows that the share of content reported by users (around 1%) is significantly lower that the one found by Facebook.

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Facebook as containing child sexual exploitation compared to the content reported by the users from April 2021 until March 2022. The percentage reported by users is significantly lower that the one found by Facebook.

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Facebook as containing hate speech compared to the content reported by the users, over the period October 2017 - March 2022. The percentage of content found by Facebook has significantly increased compared to the one reported at the begining of the monitoring period (2017), which let to a decrease of the share of content reported by users.

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Facebook as containing spam compared to the content reported by the users over the period October 2017 - March 2022. As the results show, almost all of the content containing spam was first found by Facebook (the percentage remains above 99.5% for the whole period).