Security News > 2021 > January > Politics and online privacy: How American Republicans and Democrats differ, and where they agree
A report from NordVPN finds disagreement on which political leader does better on privacy issues, whether disinformation should be banned, and what the biggest cyberthreat is.
VPN service provider NordVPN has released the results of a Politics and Digital Privacy Study conducted on US citizens, finding party line divisions on many issues, but general agreement on others, such as whether Big Tech should be liable for its use of personal data or whether a policy similar to the proposed EU Digital Services Act should be enacted in the US. The study surveyed 1,000 American adults and focused on questions about privacy issues and disinformation on the internet with the aim of determining opinions on who should regulate those issues in the American market.
Whether big tech platforms should remove disinformation.
Who the biggest cyberthreat is: 48.1% of Biden supporters say hackers, while China tops the list for Trump supporters at 34.2%. Interestingly enough, Trump voters reported a greater increase in platforms like Parler and Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic despite reporting greater privacy concerns on both platforms than Biden voters did.
47.9% think the US is the best country at protecting privacy.
NordVPN's findings point to a general agreement over this among Americans, but the hard part will be figuring out the best approach for tackling it without sliding into censorship and violations of privacy.