Confidence about returning to activities varies across nine countries surveyed says a new Ipsos study conducted in partnership with the World Economic Forum.
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Ipsos in Italy has completed a research study looking at the attractiveness of the country abroad. It comprised an online survey of the general public in 19 countries (N=500 per country, including 200 in higher socioeconomic grades. In addition, 40 interviews were conducted with international business leaders and a social listening exercise was carried out in three languages: English, French and Spanish.
Just over a third of people on average in 28 countries across the world (a Global Country Average of 35%) think that their country is divided by “culture wars” according to a new Ipsos' Global Advisor poll, carried out in partnership with the Policy Institute at King’s College London. Despite this, however, there is wide variation in this opinion when looking at individual countries, and many don’t have a strong view.
Probably the most common criticism levelled at the tech sector is the one about privacy – the sense that the tech sector, or government enabled by the tech sector, are collecting far more data on individuals than they should, and that the data is then being sold or used for unclear purposes. While the tech sector sticks closely to its cherished, and well-proven, ideology that positive user experience nearly always mitigates these concerns in practice, it is also true that the concerns of pro-privacy groups within society, and government, are getting louder and more prominent.
