Study: Americans Taking Facebook Breaks

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Everyone seems to keep their head in their phone these days, but a new study shows that not everyone is looking at Facebook.

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While the site is still the most visited site each day, a new study by the Pew Research Center shows that more and more Americans are taking a break from the social networking site.

Pew survey adults across the country for two weeks from May to June and found that:

54% of Facebook users have adjusted their privacy settings in the past 12 months
42% say they've taken a break from checking the platform for several weeks or more
26% say they have deleted the App from their phone

The study found users 29 and younger were most likely to have deleted the App after the Cambridge Analytica report.

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