Alt-tech platforms user data and privacy approach U.S. 2022

According to data collected in April 2022 in the United States, Telegram was the alternative social media platform that claimed to provide necessary privacy settings and a conscious approach to handling user data. Rumble appeared to have none of the mentioned online privacy control options among all the platforms. Gab and Parler were relatively neutral, claiming they wouldn't sell user data or have targeted third-party ads at the time of the research.

Availability of user data protection and privacy settings on selected alternative social media platforms in the United States as of April 2022

Characteristic	Gettr	Parler	BitChute	Gab	Rumble	Truth Social	Telegram
Say they won't sell user data	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Say they won't share user data	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Do not have targeted third-party ads	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Say they have encrypted messages	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Allow users to control access to their posts	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Allow users to control who can comment on their posts	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Allow users to make their profile hidden	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Give users the ability to modify privacy settings	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 2022

Number of respondents

1,400 respondents

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Data reflects the state of each site when collected; sites may have changed since then. Researchers reviewed terms of service, “About” pages and similar sections of the websites and examined features of the websites available to logged-in users."

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