Canadians seeing Russian propaganda on social media 2022

According to a 2022 report conducted in Canada, 35 percent of social media users had encountered the claim that Ukrainian nationalism is a neo-Nazi movement, and one of the goals of Russia’s 'Special Operation' in Ukraine is to 'demilitarize and denazify' Ukraine. Overall, 31 percent of social media users have seen the claim that Russia is defending ethnic Russians in Ukraine, and a quarter of users stated that they had encountered the claim that the United States has a network of biological weapons labs in Ukraine.

Share of internet users in Canada who have encountered the following claims about the Russia-Ukraine war when using social media as of May 2022

Characteristic	Yes	No
Ukrainian nationalism is a neo-Nazi movement, so one of the goals of Russia’s 'Special Operation' in Ukraine is to 'demilitarize and denazify' Ukraine	35%	65%
Russia is defending ethnic Russians in Ukraine	31%	69%
The Kyiv regime is spreading doctored photos and videos of supposed atrocities by Russian troops as part of staged production and provocation for Western media	29%	71%
Ukrainian government officials are the aggressor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict	28%	72%
The West pushed Ukraine toward a conflict with Russia	27%	73%
Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has surrounded Russia with military bases and broken their promise to not offer NATO membership to former USSR republics, like Ukraine	27%	73%
The United States has a network of biological weapons labs in Ukraine	24%	76%