U.S. online users who believe tech companies are spying on their users 2020

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Ani Petrosyan,
Feb 13, 2024
As of September 2020, 68 percent of internet users in the United States believed that Facebook was spying on their users. In comparison, merely 20 percent of survey respondents believed the same thing about LinkedIn.

Share of internet users in the United States who believe select tech companies are spying on their users as of September 2020

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Release date

October 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

September 2020

Number of respondents

2,020 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

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