Poll: Cyber should top Congress’s tech agenda

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According to a Morning Consult poll, four in 10 voters believe cybersecurity should be at the top of Congress’s technology agenda in 2015. A plurality of voters believe preventing cyberattacks should be the main priority for Congress on the technology front, followed by approving data security standards (20 percent). Surveillance reform ranks third with 10 percent, followed by net neutrality (8 percent) and drone regulations (7 percent). Another 14 percent did not have an answer.

According to the poll 56 percent of voters approve of the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet rules, while 27 disapprove. Another 17 percent had no opinion. The poll also indicated young people (17 percent) and males (16 percent) are most likely to say surveillance reform should be a top priority.


Poll: Cyber should top Congress’s tech agenda