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Social media privacy policies average 6,000 words, difficult to understand, study finds – Which-50
It would take nearly half a day of non-stop reading to read the privacy policies of the top 16 most downloaded social media apps, which total more than

It would take nearly half a day of non-stop reading to read the privacy policies of the top 16 most downloaded social media apps, which total more than 92,000 words, according to a new study.
On average, social media privacy policies are 6,152 words long and take over 47 minutes to read fully, according to the study which includes platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Twitter among others.
Very few users do read the tech giants data policies only around one in 10, according to…
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