Facebook users increasingly concerned about privacy: Poll

Published April 12, 2018 2:01pm ET



A new Gallup Poll released Thursday revealed more Facebook users were concerned about data privacy amid controversy surrounding the tech company’s sharing of personal information with political data firm Cambridge Analytica ahead of the 2016 election.

Forty-three percent of Facebook users reported being concerned about the invasion of privacy, whereas 11 percent of users said they were “not concerned at all.” In 2011, only 30 percent of Facebook users reported being very concerned about the invasion of privacy.

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