# A slim majority say apps should monitor users and report crime to police

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## Reading

Just over half of Americans think online services like websites and apps should monitor users' behavior and report crimes to law enforcement, agreeing with the idea (51%), including 16% who strongly agree, according to a Verasight survey conducted Sept. 7-13, 2023.

The remaining 49% disagree, 24% of them strongly.

## Topline

Online services like websites and apps should monitor people’s online behavior, and report crime to law enforcement.

A slim majority say apps should monitor users and report crime to police.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Somewhat agree: 35.4%
- Somewhat disagree: 24.5%
- Strongly disagree: 24.1%
- Strongly agree: 16.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2023-09-07 → 2023-09-13
- Base (unweighted): 2,000
- Margin of error: +/- 2.3%
- Module: 2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#support-for-online-behavior-monitoring-and-reporting-to-law-enforcement](https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#support-for-online-behavior-monitoring-and-reporting-to-law-enforcement)

## Citation

2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071, fielded September 7-13, 2023, N=2,000 United States adults, +/- 2.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#support-for-online-behavior-monitoring-and-reporting-to-law-enforcement](https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#support-for-online-behavior-monitoring-and-reporting-to-law-enforcement)