Greeks wise to online fake news

Internet use rose in Greece by 9 percentage points from 2017 to 2019, according to a survey by the National Center of Social Research (EKKE).

The survey, titled "World Internet Project Greece - The Internet in Greece," showed that 71% of Greeks used the internet last year, compared to 62.2% in 2017 and 59.8% in 2015.

Those who do not use the World Wide Web in Greece are mainly women (57.7%), not employed (84.1%), pensioners (61.7%), married (69.7%), over-65s (59%), with a monthly family income up to 1,000 euros (60.2%), secondary-education graduates (27.8%) and reside in Attica (28%), the survey commissioned by diaNEOsis and presented yesterday found.

Greeks who do use the internet define themselves as experienced users. They say they have been using its services for an average of 12.5 years and rank just below the French (13 years) and Americans (15 years).