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25%

25% -- share of internet users posting fake information on social profiles for UAE internet users (2016-01)

Name: Share Of Internet Users Posting Fake Information On Social Profiles Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-28

2016-01 · n=5,117 · Ipsos

25% of internet users in the UAE have posted fake information about themselves on social media profiles.

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Value

25%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2016-01

Entity

UAE internet users

Sample Size

5,117

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

66/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Extraction

Source Trust

Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Ipsos Primary Tier A

http://arabadonline.com/details/digital/helping-advertisers-retarget-effectively-in-mena-region ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2016-01 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

ArabAd | Helping Advertisers Retarget Effectively in MENA Region

Original Research

Ipsos · Original study ↗

Methodology

Ipsos survey across six MENA markets (UAE, Egypt, KSA, Morocco, Lebanon, Qatar), completed early January 2016

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

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UAE internet users: 25% share of internet users posting fake information on social profiles. Source: Ipsos (2016-01). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uae-fake-info-social-profiles-2016

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