{"id":1149949,"date":"2021-12-24T10:19:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1149949"},"modified":"2021-12-24T10:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:19:39","slug":"poll-72-of-americans-say-they-distrust-facebook-with-their-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-72-of-americans-say-they-distrust-facebook-with-their-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: 72% of Americans Say They Distrust Facebook with Their Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-72-of-americans-say-they-distrust-facebook-with-their-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1149949&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">According to a recent poll, 72 percent of Americans don\u2019t trust Facebook with their data.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/12\/22\/tech-trust-survey\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/context\/nov-4-22-2021-washington-post-schar-school-tech-poll\/1f827037-688f-4030-a3e4-67464014a846\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_6\">Washington Post-Schar School poll<\/a> found that the majority of Americans don\u2019t trust Facebook and other social media platforms with their personal information and think that targeted advertisements are annoying and invasive. The survey, which was conducted in November among a random sample of 1,122 U.S. adults, found that while many Americans admit to using social media heavily, 64 percent say that the government should do more to limit and control big tech giants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18999562\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-944384246-e1631059139917.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18999562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-944384246-e1631059139917.png\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Zuckerberg, 33, was called to testify after it was reported that 87 million Facebook users had their personal information harvested by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm linked to the Trump campaign. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8582510\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sabo-Google.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8582510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sabo-Google.jpg\" alt=\"Sabo mocks Google CEO Sundar Pichai\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Street artist Sabo mocks Google CEO Sundar Pichai (unsavoryagents.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The majority of Americans say that they are skeptical that internet giants will handle their personal info and data in a responsible fashion. They also think that tech companies don\u2019t provide users with enough control over how they are tracked and monitored when using online platforms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>72 percent of U.S. users state that they don\u2019t trust Facebook, while only 63 percent distrust the Chinese-owned firm TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>The survey further noted that Americans also distrust Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Google-owned YouTube while Google, Microsoft, and Apple received mixed results. Amazon appeared to have a slightly higher trust factor with 53 percent saying that they trusted the company at least \u201ca good amount.\u201d It should be noted that the&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em>&nbsp;is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>Only 10 percent of those surveyed said that Facebook has a positive impact on society while 56 percent say that it has a negative impact and 33 percent believe that its impact is neither positive nor negative.<\/p>\n<p>Around 7 in 10 Americans stated that they believe their mobile devices are listening in on them in ways they didn\u2019t agree to.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/12\/22\/tech-trust-survey\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent poll, 72 percent of Americans don\u2019t trust Facebook with their data. 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