The disinformation on the net and cyber attacks they are two of the three greatest “threats” perceived by citizens of up to 19 developed countries, including Spain. A global survey conducted by the Pew Research Center reveals that the proliferation of hoaxes in Internet It worries 70% of those surveyed, while computer attacks from other countries worry 67%. only the climate change it is seen as an even bigger problem, arousing the fear of 75% of those surveyed.
The probe yields interesting conclusions. The digital spread of lies and false information is seen as the biggest current threat to citizens in Germany, Canada, and Malaysia, while cyberattacks are the top concern in Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Thus, these two phenomena are for the first time ahead of the situation of the Global economy and the spread of infectious diseases As the covid-19, far from its most aggressive phase. Both are seen as great threats for an average of 61%, although a greater social impact of the inflation could change in the coming months that order.
Where the order of concern is already different is in Spain. The greatest threat perceived by Spanish citizens is climate change (78%), followed by economic turmoil (76%) and infectious contagion (72%), while disinformation (70%) and cyber attacks (66%) are a little further behind.
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In the vast majority of countries, fear of cyber attacks from abroad has skyrocketed to record levels, something that could be due to the cyber tensions aroused after the invasion of Russia on Ukraine. And it is that several Western democracies have detected an increase in computer attacks from Moscow that could be a response from the Kremlin to the sanctions imposed against the regime for the war. In the last five years, fear of cyberattacks has skyrocketed above 10% in eleven countries, with Israel, Sweden and Italy at the forefront. In Spain it has hardly changed.
Climate change, the biggest global threat
The Pew Research Center survey finds that climate change continues to be perceived as the greatest global threat. This concern is especially noticeable in the eleven European countries that have participated in the survey and in nations such as Japan or Australia. However, it is a much more ignored issue in countries like Malaysia, Singapore and the United States, where only 54% of their citizens watch the global warming like a threat.