It’s emerged as one of the most popular ways to connect with friends, family and long-lost acquaintances, but nearly 25% of Canadians believe Facebook has played a more negative than positive role in society, a new poll suggests. The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey, conducted March 27 to 30, asked more than 1,000 people about the social networking site’s impact on society.
While 40% said Facebook was a positive force, 24% said it played a more negative role.
The remainder declined to take a stand.
“There’s no question it looks, to a certain number of people, as something that can be used as much for negative purposes as for positive purposes,” Harris-Decima spokesman Bruce Anderson said from Ottawa.
Since launching as a university-only website in 2004, Facebook has exploded into a cultural phenomenon claiming to have more than 70 million users worldwide.
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