Memo: Voters Want to Take on Big Tech Companies
By Brian Burton Senior Analyst, Data for Progress and Ethan Winter Senior Analyst, Data for Progress
Introduction
As part of May survey of national likely voters, Data for Progress sought to measure attitudes on a broad range of topics related to misinformation on the internet, the safety of minors, and their disposition towards increased regulation of technology companies, including breaking them up.
We find that concern towards the safety of children is particularly high. Likely voters are also particularly worried about foreign governments potentially breaching data infrastructure in the United States. Furthermore, likely voters, regardless of self-identified partisanship, support increased regulations of large technology companies. Together with the recent confirmation of Lisa Khan as Chairperson of the FTC, voters are now armed with the leadership needed to match this groundswell of support and to see major technology companies held accountable.
