Pew Research Center
56 percent of Americans support more regulation of major technology companies (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 16:25Members of Congress–especially Republicans–are increasingly discussing China on social media (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 07/14/2021 - 12:5856 percent of Americans oppose the right to sue social media companies for what users post (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 13:56Analysis | Internet Ads Are a Popular Tax Target for Both Parties (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 06/08/2021 - 12:3334% of lower-income home broadband users have had trouble paying for their service amid COVID-19
Some 15% of home broadband users in the US say they have had trouble paying for their high-speed internet service during the coronavirus outbreak. That includes 34% of those with household incomes of less than $30,000 a year. A quarter of home broadband users with annual household incomes ranging from $30,000 to just under $50,000 say they have had trouble doing so in the pandemic, as have roughly one-in-ten (8%) with household incomes ranging from $50,000 to $74,999. There are also differences by Americans’ educational attainment.
Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2021
Smartphone ownership (85%) and home broadband subscriptions (77%) have increased among American adults since 2019 – from 81% and 73% respectively. Though modest, both increases are statistically significant and come at a time when a majority of Americans say the internet has been important to them personally. And 91% of adults report having at least one of these technologies. A Pew Research Center survey also finds that some Americans have difficulties when trying to go online.