[(Title)] Pew study: 44 percent of young adults deleted Facebook app in past year.

The Pew Research Center study, published on Wednesday, found that 44 percent of adults between ages 18 and 29, which is composed of Gen Z and millennials, had deleted the app from their phones.

本周三公布的《皮尤研究中心》(Pew Research Center)研究发现，年龄在18岁至29岁的成年人中，有44%的人从手机上删除了这一应用程序。

Overall, 26 percent of Americans polled have deleted the app in the past year.

总体而言，去年有26%的美国受访者删除了这一应用程序。

The study also found that many users in the U.S. had changed their privacy settings in the past year. Over 54 percent of adult users polled altered their privacy options in Facebook, as well as 64 percent of users between ages 18 and 29.

这项研究还发现，在过去的一年里，许多美国用户已经改变了他们的隐私设置。超过54%的受访成年用户改变了他们在Facebook上的隐私选项，64%的18岁至29岁的用户也改变了隐私选项。

The study didn't attribute the changes to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal but did note that media coverage of Facebook data accessed by third parties might have played a role in individual choices.

这项研究并没有将变化归咎于剑桥分析数据丑闻，但确实注意到，媒体对第三方访问Facebook数据的报道可能在个人选择中发挥作用。

Many have grown concerned about Facebook's data collection practices in the wake of revelations in the spring that the British research firm, hired by the Trump campaign, improperly obtained data on 87 million Facebook users.

许多网友对脸书数据收集做法越来越担心，因为今年春天，特朗普竞选团队雇用的英国研究公司披露了8700万脸谱网用户的数据。

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was ultimately grilled by lawmakers on the issue at a Congressional hearing.

脸书首席执行官马克·扎克伯格最终在国会听证会上受到国会议员的质询。