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Thirteen percent of people worldwide have "far-from-real" internet profiles (Photo: Lee Jordan)

Europeans among least trusting Facebook users, study says

Western Europeans are among the world's most suspicious users of social networking websites but Asians are the most duplicitous, a new study has found.

Focusing on the biggest player in the field, Facebook, which is used by just over half of all internet surfers, the survey by Belgian firm InSites Consulting noted that 47 percent of people in southern Europe and 44 percent ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Thirteen percent of people worldwide have "far-from-real" internet profiles (Photo: Lee Jordan)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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