{"id":39598,"date":"2020-07-25T10:40:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T14:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=39598"},"modified":"2020-07-25T13:33:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T17:33:57","slug":"infographic-social-media-seen-having-too-much-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=39598","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Social Media Seen Having Too Much Power"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Updated] 25 July 2020. Majorities of Americans say social media companies have too much power and influence in politics, a view that cuts across ideologies and parties. These findings are from a recent Pew Research Center survey<\/a> released this week, and displayed in today’s infographic.<\/p>\n

In the poll, some seven in 10 American adults (72%) say social media companies have too much power and influence in politics, while about two in 10 (21%) say the companies have about the right amount, and less than one in 10 (6%) say not enough power and influence. While eight in 10 people in the U.S. calling themselves Republicans (82%) are more likely to say social media companies have too much power, a clear majority of Democrats — 63 percent — agree with their Republican neighbors.<\/p>\n

A similar pattern of responses cuts across ideological lines. Among Republicans, nine in 10 self-professed conservatives (89%) say social media companies have too much power and influence, somewhat more than the three-quarters (74%) of moderate or liberals in the party. Likewise, two-thirds (68%) of people calling themselves liberal Democrats believe social media companies have too much power, not much more than the six in 10 (60%) of moderate and conservative Democrats.<\/p>\n

On a separate question, Pew researchers asked if major technology companies should be regulated more, less, or about the same as now. Nearly half (47%) of Americans call for more regulation, while one in 10 (11%) say less regulation, and four in 10 (39%) say about the same as now. Again, about the same percentage of Republicans (48%) and Democrats (46%) say there should be more regulation of big tech companies. The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are set to testify<\/a> before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Pew Research Center conducted the survey 16 to 22 June with 4,708 U.S. adults taking part in Pew\u2019s American Trends Panel<\/a>. Panel participants were recruited from a random national sample of residential addresses, who completed online questionnaires, with responses weighted to reflect U.S. population demographics and partisan affiliations.<\/p>\n

Update: Reuters reports<\/a> the testimony before Congress by big tech company CEOs is now scheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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