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Americans Are Negative About Social Media’s Impact on Democracy – and the Rest of the World Is Catching Up

Pew Research Center · Richard Wike, Maria Smerkovich and Moira Fagan · last updated
In 2026, 64% of Americans say social media is harming their democracy, and attitudes in many other countries are significantly more negative than they used to be.
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