Majority of Americans say TikTok is a threat to national security
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
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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.
Public views are tied to how these technologies would be used and what constraints would be in place.
41% of U.S. adults say people should be able to sue social media companies for content that other users post on these companies’ platforms.
Americans regard advances in artificial intelligence and human enhancement technologies with a degree of caution and uncertainty.
Some 49% of U.S. adults say Donald Trump’s accounts should be permanently banned from social media, while half say they should not be.
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