Highest confidence was expressed for Amazon, where 40% still lack confidence
A majority of Americans don’t trust major social-media platforms, including TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram, to keep their data safe, according to a new poll.
Over 70% of American internet users say they don’t trust Facebook to responsibly manage their personal information or data related to their internet activity, according to the results of the Washington Post/Schar School poll released Wednesday. Similarly, 63% say they don’t trust TikTok to handle their data and 60% say they don’t trust Instagram.
Amazon and Apple were deemed the most trustworthy major tech companies, with just 40% of Americans saying they distrust the tech giants, according to the poll results.
Americans also said they disliked the practice of data collection, which many tech companies perform in order to more accurately target advertisements. Over 70% said they believe companies collecting their data to target ads is an “unjustified use of people’s private information.”