American teenagers have lost their trust in Big Tech, according to a new Common Sense Media report, a non -profit that offers reviews and assessments for media and technology, which more recently includes products.
In the study published on Wednesday, the organization interviewed over 1,000 teenagers on the fact that the main technological companies such as Google, Apple, Meta, Tiktok and Microsoft have worried about their well -being and security, make ethical decisions, protect their private data And more. In all cases, most teenagers have reported low levels of trust in these technological societies. Almost half of teenagers said they had little or no trust that companies would make responsible decisions on how they use the IA.
The distrust in the Big Tech was built in the United States for years, from the 2013 revelation of the collection of the government’s mass data, to the data scandal that involved the consultancy company Cambridge Analytica, up to the Facebook whistleblower of 2021 losses by Frances Haugen who indicate that Meta was aware of his damage on society, to the multiple hearings of the congress in which legislators have grilled large delegated directors for the safety of apps, antitrust issues and harmful algorithms.
This year, the technology CEOs have lined up to commit loyalty to the Trump administration in the form of $ 1 million donations to the inaugural fund of the president, hoping to buy and avoid control and regulation of their activities, regardless of the cost for their users. (Even for those who are aligned with Trump, the actions of the leaders of technology are seen as decegenue, given the way they launched after having previously criticized Trump in his previous mandate.)
While adolescents can keep track of these technological news or not so closely of their adult counterparts, this overall change of feeling is also affecting them.
Common sense states that 64% of the US teenagers interviewed do not trust large technological companies to take care of their mental health and well -being and 62% do not think that companies protect their safety if it hurts profits.
Over half of the US teenagers interviewed (53%) do not think that the main technological companies make ethical and responsible design decisions (think: the growing use of dark models in the design of the user interface intended to deceive, confuse and deceive.
A further 52% do not think that Big Tech will keep their personal information safe and 51% do not think that companies are right and inclusive when considering the needs of the different users.
It is not surprising that distrust of technology is also influencing the opinions of teenagers on artificial intelligence, since 47% of interviewees do not believe that these companies make responsible decisions on the use of AI.
The new study is based on the previous search for common sense on the adoption of generative artificial intelligence among teenagers and also focuses on how Genai is influencing the largest media panorama.
For example, he discovered that 41% of the adolescents interviewed reported by fake images online, 35% were missed by false online content in general and over a quarter (28%) were wondered if they were talking to a bot or a human being . A third of teenagers also said that Genai would make it even more difficult to trust the accuracy of online information. This figure rises to 40% if the teenagers had previously been deceived by false or misleading content.
Overall, the report indicates a lack of uncertainty about online content, even if it is certainly not a new problem for the web.
However, it seems that the IA is not helping the question despite the authoritative answers of ai chatbots. About 39% of the adolescents interviewed noticed problems with the OI output when he used it for the help of school work. In addition, most US teenagers interviewed (74%) said that guarantees of privacy and transparency are needed to manage the IA, 74% said that artificial intelligence companies should discourage people from sharing personal information on theirs platform and 73% of teenagers said that images of artificial intelligence and other content should be labeled and filmed.
When weighing on the AI Business models, 61% of teenagers believe that content creators should be compensated when their data are used by the AI systems.
As a result of the lack of trust of teenagers and the rapid rhythm of the development of the AI, 35% of teenagers think that Genai will make it more difficult to trust information online, even if that number could change over time.
