Q. If the legislation is introduced and news content was removed from Facebook and Google, how likely would you do the following to search and read news articles?
| TOTAL: Likely | TOTAL: Unlikely | Very likely | Quite likely | Not that likely | Not at all likely | |
| Go directly to news websites to read content | 75% | 25% | 37% | 38% | 15% | 10% |
| Continue to use Google and Facebook and read less news | 69% | 31% | 26% | 43% | 19% | 12% |
| Use alternative platforms to Facebook and Google to find and read news articles (such as Twitter, LinkedIn or Reddit) | 53% | 47% | 22% | 31% | 24% | 22% |
| Use the Apple News aggregator | 37% | 63% | 14% | 22% | 27% | 36% |
| Total | Age Group | Frequency of news consumption on social media | ||||||
| TOTAL: LIKELY | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | At least daily | At least once a week | Less than once a week | Never | |
| Go directly to news websites to read content | 75% | 70% | 81% | 73% | 84% | 77% | 62% | 46% |
| Continue to use Google and Facebook and read less news | 69% | 67% | 76% | 63% | 77% | 72% | 60% | 39% |
| Use alternative platforms to Facebook and Google to find and read news articles (such as Twitter, LinkedIn or Reddit) | 53% | 61% | 64% | 37% | 64% | 50% | 42% | 25% |
| Use the Apple News aggregator | 37% | 42% | 49% | 20% | 42% | 42% | 29% | 11% |
| Base (n) | 1,076 | 326 | 365 | 385 | 570 | 239 | 149 | 118 |