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June 2019 NewsBeat 11 DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT UPBEAT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY Despite these sour attitudes about social media, the NBC/WSJ poll shows that Americans are upbeat about technology in general. Fifty-nine percent of respondents agree with the statement that technology has more benefits than drawbacks, because it means products and services can be cheaper and made more efficiently. That's compared with 36 percent who believe that technology has more drawbacks than benefits, because it means workers are being replaced by robots and computers. And 60 percent of Americans say they feel more hopeful rather than more worried when thinking about the changes that technology might bring over the next five years. Asked if the federal government should break up the largest tech companies — like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google — into smaller competing companies, 47 percent say they agree and 50 percent disagree. In addition to the 69 percent of Americans who say they use social media at least once a day, the NBC/WSJ poll finds 63 percent saying they pay most of their bills online; 48 percent saying they've tried to limit their smartphone use; 42 percent saying they've made an effort to quit or limit social media; 26 percent who have blocked or unfriended someone on Facebook or social media because of their political views; and 14 percent saying they play an online multiplayer video game like Fortnite. And asked how old is a child under 18 old enough to have their own smartphone, 42 percent answer ages 15 and older; 40 percent say ages 12 to 14; and 11 percent say ages 11 and younger. The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted March 23-27 of 1,000 adults – almost half reached by cellphone – and it has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points. newyorkpublicnotices.com We Need Your Support! NEW YORK PUBLIC NOTICES NewYorkPublishNotices.com is a joint venture of the New York Press Association, the New York News Publishers Association, and American Lawyer Media (publishers of the New York Law Journal). This website is a public service made possible by the newspapers of New York. The website needs to evolve into a comprehensive database of public notices published throughout the state — It can become that only if all newspapers upload all of their notices. The website will be a tool in our quest to keep public notices in print newspapers. We need your support — if you need help with the procedures for uploading notices, please contact jill@nynewspapers.com. NEWYORKPUBLICNOTICES.COM

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