As of March 2020, a survey on parenting in the United States revealed that 37 percent of Hispanic parents believed the government has a lot of responsibility in protecting children from inappropriate content on the internet. In comparison, only 19 percent of white U.S. parents thought the same thing.
Share of parents in the United States who say select groups have a lot of responsibility for protecting children from inappropriate content online as of March 2020, by ethnicity
Characteristic
Parents and guardians
Technology companies
The government
Total
93
38
25
White
96
35
19
Black
82
35
26
Hispanic
92
43
37
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Pew Research Center. (July 28, 2020). Share of parents in the United States who say select groups have a lot of responsibility for protecting children from inappropriate content online as of March 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153901/share-us-parents-protect-children-online-inappropriate-content-ethnicity/
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Pew Research Center. "Share of Parents in The United States Who Say Select Groups Have a Lot of Responsibility for Protecting Children from Inappropriate Content Online as of March 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153901/share-us-parents-protect-children-online-inappropriate-content-ethnicity/
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