Peer-reviewed reviews of prescription-drug promotion identify the United States and New Zealand as the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.
A Pew Research Center survey conducted August 18–24, 2025 found that 38% of U.S. adults said they regularly got news on Facebook.
A Pew Research Center survey conducted August 18–24, 2025 found that 35% of U.S. adults said they regularly got news on YouTube.
In a 2022 staff report, the Federal Trade Commission described “dark patterns” as digital design practices that can trick or manipulate consumers into choices they might not otherwise make. The FTC documented examples including advertisemen
In a 2022 enforcement action, the Federal Trade Commission said Credit Karma had amassed more than 2,500 data points on each consumer, including credit and income information, and used that information to send targeted advertisements and re
In a Pew Research Center survey conducted September 2–8, 2025, 54% of U.S. adults ages 40–49 met Pew’s definition of the sandwich generation: they had a living parent age 65 or older and also had either a child younger than 18, an adult chi
Pew Research Center found that 45% of U.S. adults ages 50–59 met its sandwich-generation definition in a September 2025 survey. They had a living parent age 65 or older and either a minor child, an adult child they had financially supported
Among U.S. adults ages 50–59 who met Pew Research Center’s sandwich-generation definition in 2025, 61% had a living parent age 65 or older and had provided financial help to an adult child in the prior year, without also having a child unde
Among U.S. adults ages 40–49 who were in Pew Research Center’s sandwich generation in 2025, 23% had both a child younger than 18 and an adult child they had financially supported in the prior year, in addition to having a living parent age
Among U.S. adults ages 50–59 who were in Pew Research Center’s sandwich generation in 2025, 21% had both a child younger than 18 and an adult child they had financially supported in the prior year, in addition to a living parent age 65 or o
