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Statements about Facebook

26 Mar 2018

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

 

  Total agree Total disagree   Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don’t know
There should be more regulation of what Facebook can do 79% 12%   35% 44% 8% 4% 10%
Facebook is a distraction 77% 19%   24% 53% 15% 4% 5%
I am concerned about how Facebook uses my personal information 68% 22%   28% 40% 16% 6% 10%
I regularly use Facebook 66% 32%   32% 34% 14% 18% 2%
Facebook allows the popular to drown out the important 60% 24%   19% 41% 19% 5% 16%
Facebook brings people closer together 58% 33%   12% 46% 20% 13% 9%
Facebook is a generally a force for good 45% 37%   5% 40% 23% 14% 19%

 

While respondents were more likely to agree that Facebook is a generally a force for good (45%) and brings people closer together (58%), a high majority believe that there should be more regulation of what Facebook can do (79%) and are concerned about how Facebook uses my personal information (68%).

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