Research Suggests Social Media Users Concerned About Privacy

Privacy violations are becoming a major concern with young social media users. Survey data released this week by USA Network indicates that 55 percent of young people would drop social media “if they could start fresh;” 75 percent would be “somewhat likely” to deactivate their accounts if privacy breaches continued; while 23 percent said they were “highly likely” to close their accounts in the face of more breaches. “Young Americans’ sense of privacy online has been so violated that most of them believe that it’s safer to store their personal data in a box than in the cloud,” notes TechCrunch. “Indeed, the survey said that physical filing systems were actually listed as the ‘most trusted’ personal data storage method for young people.”

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