78% of Americans believe social media companies wield too much power: Pew survey
Posted on AllSides April 30th, 2024
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While there seems to be an unending rift between Republicans and Democrats on virtually every issue, there appears to be something both sides can agree on: Social media companies are too powerful.
According to the Pew Research Center, 78% of Americans believe social media companies wield too much power. To break it down even more, 84% of Republicans and 74% of Democrats hold this view.
While most Americans have held this view since the last presidential election year, the level of disapproval has become 6% higher since then.
Tech Crunch reported that one...