Saturday subscribers-only thread: polls on Facebook and the (gut) wisdom of crowds

The American people overwhelmingly think the social media and big-tech giant is bad for our society

Happy Saturday!

A new CNN poll shows 76% of Americans think Facebook is making society worse. Here’s more from the poll:

Just over half of Americans, 53%, currently say the federal government should increase its regulation of Facebook, with 11% saying the government should decrease its regulation of the platform, and 35% that it shouldn't change.

Among Americans who use Facebook themselves at least several times a month, a 54% majority say that Facebook has suggested posts to them that they found objectionable. Sixty-five percent of regular Facebook users younger than 35 say that they've seen objectionable content recommended to them by the site.

More broadly, Americans also express little faith in the good intentions of big technology firms, with 38% saying they don't trust companies such as Google, Facebook or Amazon at all to do what is best for their users, up from 29% in March 2019. Only 34% of Americans say they even somewhat trust big tech companies, a modest downtick from 40% two…