Most Americans Mistrust Big Tech and Want Regulation: Survey
By Peter Malbin | Wednesday, 22 December 2021 02:37 PM
Americans don’t trust social media services with their information, with 64% saying the government should do more to restrict Big Tech companies.
Most Americans say they are skeptical that internet giants will responsibly handle their personal information and online data. And an overwhelming majority say they think tech companies don’t provide people with enough control over how their activities are tracked and used.
These are some of the findings of a Washington Post-Schar School survey conducted in November among a random sample of 1,122 adults nationwide.
According to the survey, 72% of internet users trust Facebook "not much" or "not at all" to responsibly handle their personal information and data on their internet activity. About 6 in 10 distrust TikTok and Instagram, while slight majorities distrust WhatsApp and YouTube.
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