According to a new report by American Teens, their trust in Big Tech has lost Common Sense MediaA non -profit organization that offers ratings and reviews for media and technology In recent times, AI products includes.
In the Study published On Wednesday, the organization surveyed over 1,000 teenagers about whether large technology companies such as Google, Apple, Meta, Tiktok and Microsoft took care of their well -being and security, made ethical decisions, protected their private data and more. In all cases, the majority of young people reported little trust in these technology companies. Almost half of the teenagers said that they had little or no trust that companies would make responsible decisions about how they use AI.
Distrust in Big Tech has been built in the USA for years from 2013 revelation the government Mass data recording and the data scandal in which the consulting company is involved Cambridge Analytica On the Facebook 2021 Whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Leak Advertisement Meta was aware of its damage to society and that several congress Hearing Where legislators grilled large tech CEOs about app security, antitrust problems and harmful algorithms.
This year Tech CEO promised the Trump government in the form of Trump administration Donate $ 1 million The President’s first fund, hoping to buy favor and avoid the testing and regulation of your companies – regardless of the costs for your users. (Even for those who are aligned with Trump, the actions of the technology leaders are considered insignificant, since they planned to flop flop-flopping after the previous term.)
While teenagers can pursue these headlines for technical messages as precisely or not like their adult colleagues, this overall shift also has an impact.
Common sense says that 64% of the US teenagers surveyed do not trust the large technology companies to take care of their mental health and well-being, and 62% do not believe that companies will protect their security if they violate profits.
Over half of the US Teenagers (53%) surveyed do not believe that large technology companies make ethical and responsible design decisions (Think: The growing use of dark patterns in the user surface design, which is intended for trick, confusion and deceived.
Another 52% do not believe that Big Tech will keep your personal information safe and 51% do not believe that companies are fair and integrative if they take into account the needs of different users.
It is not surprising that distrust in technology also influences the opinions of young people to AI, since 47% of those surveyed do not believe that these companies will make responsibility -conscious decisions about the use of AI.
The new study builds on common sense Previous research About the introduction of generative AI among teenagers and also focuses on how Genai influences the larger media landscape.
For example, it was found that 41% of the young people surveyed to be misleaded by fake pictures online, 35% were generally misled by fake online content and over a quarter (28%) wondered whether they were with one Offered or spoke a person. A third of teenagers also said that Genai would make it even more difficult to trust the accuracy of online information. This number increases to 40%if the teenagers had previously been betrayed by fake or misleading content.
Overall, the report on a lack of uncertainty about online content shows, although this is hardly a new problem for the web.
Nevertheless, despite the relevant answers from AI Chatbot, AI does not seem to help the matter. About 39% of the teenagers surveyed noticed problems with the AI output when they were used for school work. In addition, a majority of the US teenagers surveyed (74%) should be labeled and provided with a watermark.
In the business models of the AI, 61% of the teenagers believed that content manufacturers should be compensated for if their data is used by AI systems.
Due to the lack of confidence in teenagers and the fast pace of AI development, 35% of the teenagers believe that Genai will make it more difficult to trust online information -although this number could change in time.
