In France, 82% of citizens believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, a new historic low, according to an Ipsos survey. Great Britain experienced the biggest fall in optimism this month, dropping 14 percentage points.

The majority of U.S. adults will turn off cookies to manage privacy online 🔻 Key stat: 67% of US adults turn off cookies or website tracking to protect their privacy, putting it second only to changing social media privacy settings, according to a May 2023 Pew Research Center survey. Beyond the chart: 🔻 This data is particularly relevant as cookies are being phased out. The start of 2024 marked the deprecation of third-party cookies for 1% of Google Chrome users, with cookies scheduled to go away completely by the end of the year. 🔻 As third-party cookies fade, advertisers need to find ways to reach users without making them feel violated online, like incentivizing users to share first-party data.