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In the other 40%, the account holder deleted the individual tweet, but the account itself still existed. Explore more of our findings on digital decay: https://t.co/ZHyl79OZNJ

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Nearly one-in-five tweets are no longer publicly visible on the site just months after being posted. In 60% of these cases, the account that originally posted the tweet was made private, suspended or deleted entirely.

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Some 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are not available today, and 8% of pages that existed in 2023 have disappeared. How fleeting is online content? https://t.co/4YsudsZ3ey

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Share of public K-12 teachers who say using AI tools in K-12 education…
👎 Does more harm than good: 25%
👍 Does more good than harm: 6%
🟰 Is about an equal mix of benefit and harm: 32%
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Among teens who have heard of ChatGPT, 19% say they have used it to help them with schoolwork. This is more common among teens in higher grades.  https://t.co/p0J9WhPfAm

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As some teachers start to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in their work, a majority are uncertain about or see downsides to the general use of AI tools in K-12 education, according to our fall 2023 survey. https://t.co/p0J9WhPfAm

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85% of U.S. teens play video games, with a majority of both boys and girls saying they do so. But when asked if they consider themselves a gamer, 62% of boys said yes vs 17% of girls.

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Roughly eight-in-ten U.S. adults think social media sites actively censor political viewpoints they disagree with. This belief is more widespread among Republicans (93%), but the share of Democrats who hold this view is growing (74%, up from 66% in 2022). https://t.co/0sRWb5p2ea

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Democrats are more supportive of increased government oversight of major tech companies (60%) than are Republicans (45%). But these differences have not always been large. In 2020, similar shares of Republicans (48%) and Democrats (46%) favored more regulation.

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Republicans widely believe that major tech companies have a pro-liberal bias. By contrast, the most commonly held view among Democrats is that technology companies support the views of conservatives and liberals equally. https://t.co/nbsNsKOJhk

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When it comes to government oversight of major tech companies, about half of Americans believe these companies should be regulated more than they are now.

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Majorities in both political parties see social media’s impact on the country negatively, though Republicans remain more wary than Democrats (71% vs. 59%).

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Americans are far more likely to say social media has a negative rather than positive impact on the country. Roughly two-thirds (64%) think social media has a mostly negative effect, with only 10% describing social media’s impact as mostly positive. https://t.co/nbsNsKOJhk

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A majority of both Republicans and Democrats also think social media has a mostly negative effect on the way things are going in the country today.

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Most Americans – including a growing number of Democrats – believe social media companies wield too much political power and likely censor political viewpoints they object to. https://t.co/AfBEnO6x8S

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Younger people are far more likely than older people to use social media, including specific social media sites. For example, in India, three-quarters of 18- to 29-year-olds use WhatsApp, compared with only 17% of those ages 50 and older. https://t.co/imKgtTX7ao

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The share of employed Americans who have used ChatGPT for tasks at work increased from 8% in March 2023 to 20% in February 2024, including an 8-point increase since July. https://t.co/H0obysAs1W

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About one-in-five U.S. adults have used ChatGPT to learn something new (17%) or for entertainment (17%). These shares have increased from about one-in-ten in March 2023. https://t.co/JO7Tsy3NSY

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About three-in-ten employed U.S. adults under 30 (31%) say they have used ChatGPT for tasks at work – up 19 points from a year ago, with much of that increase happening since July. https://t.co/aXCnGjpTfZ

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Similarly, about six-in-ten say generative AI programs should have to credit the sources they rely on if they draft a movie script in the style of a popular movie.

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When asked about seven examples of content that AI programs could generate, the public consistently says these programs should credit sources. Explore more from our analysis: https://t.co/ZSTooVD7B2

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Whether an author is living or dead has little impact on public attitudes: 65% say credit is needed if AI programs imitate the writing style of a famous author who died many years ago.