A USA Network survey that found 55 percent of young adults would “eschew social media entirely if they could ‘start fresh’” illustrates what some see as the inconsistency between what young adults say they feel about social media privacy and how they act online, Tech Crunch reports. While the survey indicates young adults trust filing cabinets more than the cloud and 75 percent of respondents were “‘somewhat likely’ to deactivate their personal social media accounts” if breaches continue, the report also cites a Pew Research study that found young adults were “more willing than older Americans to let companies use their personal data for commercial purposes, in exchange for the social-networking functions they value.”
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