Inclusion monitoring report 2026
Findings from the 2026 inclusion monitoring survey report on digital identity and attribute services certified against UK Government standards, assessing inclusion outcomes for users of these certified services.
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Online Communities Rarely Focus on Politics, and Many Say It Should Stay That Way
Pew’s survey research shows most online communities are not centred on politics, and a majority of members say political discussion should generally be kept out of the communities they visit most.
Why Don’t Some People Use Chatbots?
About half of US adults report never using chatbots; non-users most commonly cite disinterest, privacy worries and concerns about accuracy as the main reasons for avoiding them.
How Do Americans Engage With News Online?
Most Americans discuss news privately online (via messaging or private groups), while only about a quarter publish news-related posts publicly on social platforms, according to Pew’s analysis of online news engagement behaviours.
About a Third of Americans Have Left an Online Community
A Pew-Knight Initiative survey finds about one in three US adults have ever left an online community, based on data from the American Trends Panel conducted in May; the release explores motivations and prevalence of departures.
Social media and democracy around the world
Global public‑opinion polling finds widespread concern that social media harms democracy by spreading rumours; accompanying survey highlights anxieties about AI, job losses, and inequality in some countries.
Online Community and Connection in America
About 38–39% of US adults belong to an online community such as Facebook groups, gaming communities or Reddit fandom forums, which function as virtual ‘third spaces’ for social connection and shared interest.
How synthetic polling results change based on the AI model
Survey experiments using Opus 4.6 and GPT‑5.1 produced markedly different synthetic public‑opinion results, with neither model’s output matching actual human survey benchmarks, highlighting model-dependent distortions in AI polling.
Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really
Digital twin synthetic surveys performed poorly at estimating public sentiment overall and were especially error‑prone for some subgroups, notably Republicans and Black adults, calling into question AI stand‑ins for human survey‑takers.
Americans Are Negative About Social Media’s Impact on Democracy – and the Rest of the World Is Catching Up
Global polling by Pew finds 64% of Americans in 2026 say social media harms democracy, with public attitudes in many other countries becoming markedly more negative compared with earlier years.
Synthetic surveys and ‘timely and topical’ questions
Synthetic survey responses did not match real public opinion on timely early‑2026 topics, showing large errors on presidential approval and attitudes toward data centres, indicating digital twins poorly capture current public mood on topical questions.
Across the Globe, People Increasingly Say Social Media Is Harming Democracy
Globally, growing majorities say social media harms democracy by fostering manipulation and division, even as many also report it informs people and gives individuals a political voice, according to Pew Research Center’s global polling analysis.
How well synthetic polls capture the diversity of public opinion
Synthetic poll respondents were likelier than humans to converge on a single answer or skip response options, indicating reduced diversity and response variability in AI‑generated survey data versus human respondents.
How well synthetic samples replicate public opinion
Synthetic samples tended to overstate differences between demographic groups and presented some answers as nearly universal, implying digital twin approaches can distort subgroup estimates and population distributions.
What Do Australians Think About Social Media Restrictions for Kids?
A national Australian survey finds around 80% of adults back restricting children’s access to social media, including 51% who strongly support such limits.
How synthetic respondents express certainty and factual knowledge
AI‑generated survey respondents were much less likely than humans to choose “not sure” and far less likely to give factually incorrect answers, suggesting synthetic respondents express higher certainty and apparent factual knowledge.
Social Media Platform Use Around the World
Global data on social media platform use shows Facebook typically remains the most-used platform worldwide, followed by Instagram, with lower overall penetration for TikTok, X and Snapchat.
Beyond ADMET: AI for medicines safety - survey
MHRA and its Regulatory Innovation Office invite organisations to complete a survey on the use of artificial intelligence across medicines development, to gather views on benefits, risks and regulatory implications.
Do people trust China, the U.S. or the EU to regulate AI?
Across 12 surveyed countries, a median 43% say they trust China to effectively regulate AI, compared with 35% for the United States and 34% for the European Union, according to Pew Research Center polling.
Concerns about AI are especially widespread in high-income countries
Pew’s survey of 41,113 adults across 37 countries finds that concerns about AI’s growth and economic effects are more common in high-income countries than in middle-income nations.
Americans’ views of data centers have turned more negative
Public opinion in the US toward data centres has become more negative since January, while a substantial share of Americans remain unfamiliar or uncertain about what data centres are and how they affect communities and the environment.
Globally, More People Expect AI to Cause Job Loss Than Growth
A 37‑country Pew Research Center survey finds more respondents expect AI to cause job losses than to create net job growth, expressing both concern and excitement and reporting pessimism about AI’s likely effect on economic inequality.
What do young people around the world think about AI?
Surveying 37 countries, Pew finds many young adults are simultaneously excited and worried about AI’s future impacts, though views vary significantly by country and demographic group.
Who has heard or read a lot about AI, and how is awareness changing?
In 37 countries surveyed, most adults have at least some awareness of AI, but the share who have heard or read a lot ranges widely — over half in Japan and Germany, versus around one-in-ten or fewer in some countries.