Key findings about Americans and data privacy
71% of adults say they are very or somewhat concerned about how the government uses the data it collects about them, up from 64% in 2019.
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71% of adults say they are very or somewhat concerned about how the government uses the data it collects about them, up from 64% in 2019.
In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.
With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.
Americans support banning TikTok by a more than two-to-one margin, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.
While 38% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Parler, just 1% of Americans regularly get news there.
In April 2021, we followed up with many of the same parents surveyed in March 2020 on their children’s use of technology and social media.
61% of U.S. adults say they have heard at least a fair amount about the phrase “cancel culture,” up from 44% in September 2020.
Today, 51% of U.S. adults say they support the Black Lives Matter movement – down from 67% in June 2020. A majority of Americans say the increased focus on race and racial inequality in the past three years hasn’t led to improvement for Black Americans.
44% of Americans think major technology companies should be regulated more than they are now, down from 56% in April 2021.
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