The majority of Americans do not trust big technology companies when it comes to protecting personal data. But they have no choice but to accept these services. The data came from a new survey by the Washington Post and Scar School.
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| USA people's Privacy Concern on FB and Tiktok |
The survey was conducted last November on 1,112 adult Americans. They say there is a lack of confidence in technology giants on a number of issues. They are concerned about limited user control over how their online activities are monitored or monetized.
A survey by the Washington Post and Scar School found that most Americans have a crisis of confidence in the services of Facebook and TikTok. But now in the interconnected world they find it almost impossible to avoid them. As a solution to this, 64 percent of the demands are increasing government policies.
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| USA people's Privacy Concern on FB and Tiktok |
Of course, Americans do not view all technology companies equally. When asked how confident they are about the protection of personal information and data in the top nine companies, 72 percent said they do not have or do not trust Facebook at all.
TikTok is the second highest distrust platform. 63% expressed distrust of data security on the video streaming platform owned by ByteDance. The third and fourth mistrust platforms are meta-controlled Instagram and WhatsApp. It is followed by YouTube, Google, Microsoft and Apple. Among the top companies, only 40 percent of Americans have expressed concern about Amazon.
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| USA people's Privacy Concern on FB and Tiktok |
Users were seen to answer negatively to several more questions. Only 10 percent answered the question of whether social media like Facebook has a positive effect on society. In contrast, 56 percent said that Facebook is having a negative impact on society. People who use Facebook every day or log in more than three times say that the social network has more negative than positive effects.
Seven out of 10 survey participants feel that phones and other devices are storing and sharing a lot of information and data without their consent. They are annoyed at the various advertisements that are being targeted at them by collecting and providing such data. Eight out of 10 people said they saw the ad.
However, 82 percent say it is annoying. In the personal sphere, 74 percent see it as a raid. At least 6 percent say it doesn't help the purpose for which the ad is being shown. 66% of Americans think that it is not fair to take the free service of the platforms by manipulating personal data. When the same question was asked in 2012, only 15% said so.