A growing share of Americans are familiar with ‘cancel culture’
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.
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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.
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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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About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.
85% of U.S. teens say they play video games. They see both positive and negative sides, from making friends to harassment and sleep loss.
A majority of Americans say they use YouTube and Facebook, while use of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok is especially common among adults under 30.
About half of all U.S. adults who use TikTok have never posted a video themselves. And the top 25% of U.S. adults on the site by posting volume produce 98% of all publicly accessible videos from this group. Users who have posted videos are generally more active on the platform than non-posters.
Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.
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