51.5 per cent of the Spanish population feel capable of spotting misinformation about science, but only 18.1 per cent believe others are capable of doing so
Conspiracy thinking, populist attitudes and passive news consumption are the factors that most contribute to the spread of science-related hoaxes. Furthermore, if we consider the emotions that misleading content provokes in us, our inclination to share it increases whilst our inclination to verify it decreases. The topics on which people believe they receive the most false messages relate to nutrition and wellbeing, climate change, medical treatments and vaccines. Although most people believe that AI facilitates the spread of hoaxes, almost a third use it to find out about science at least once a week. These are some of the findings of the 2026 Study on Scientific Disinformation in Spain, published today by FECYT as part of the IBERIFIER Plus project.
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