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Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say social media platforms are tearing us apart

NBC News: “Most Americans admit they use social media at least once a day, but they also believe platforms like Facebook and Twitter are doing more to divide the nation than to bring it together, according to brand-new results from the latest national NBC News poll. Overall, 66 percent of adults say they use social media once a day or more, versus 33 percent who don’t. The numbers are essentially unchanged from when the poll asked this same question in 2018 and 2019. But 64 percent of Americans think social media platforms do more to divide us, and that includes majorities of Republicans (77 percent), independents (65 percent) and Democrats (54 percent), as well as majorities of whites (70 percent), Latinos (56 percent), young adults (61 percent) and seniors (71 percent)…”

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