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Prevention of bad social media experiences via privacy settings U.S. 2017, by age

Do you agree that potentially negative experiences resulting from social media activity can be prevented through the use of privacy settings?

The data depicts the share of internet users in the U.S. who agree that potentially negative social media experiences could be prevented through the use of privacy settings. According to the August 2017 survey, 36% of respondents aged 18 to 29 years strongly agreed with this statement.

Strongly agree 36 32 21
Somewhat agree 45 47 45
Somewhat disagree 10 9 15
Strongly disagree 2 3 2
Not at all sure 7 9 17