What we can learn from the 3,500 Russian Facebook ads meant to stir up U.S. midterm elections, 24 percent of respondents believed that Facebook had done either “a great deal” or “a good amount,” while 62 percent believed the company had done “not very much” or “nothing at all.” In response to a question asking about how much those companies had done since 2016 “to make sure there is no interference from a foreign country” in the U.S. voters trust that Facebook and Twitter have cleaned up their acts? Well, they’re not convinced yet. Attitudes toward Facebook and TwitterĪs the most recent dust settles around revelations that Russia ran influence campaigns targeting Americans on social media platforms, just how much do U.S.
The results are a significant glimpse into current attitudes around the likelihood of foreign election interference, election security measures and how well social media companies have rebounded in the public eye. residents in early September across regions of the country, contacting participants through both landlines and mobile devices. The survey, conducted by NPR and researchers with Marist College, polled 949 adult U.S. A wide-ranging new poll yields some useful insight into how worried the average American feels about election threats as the country barrels toward midterms.
