In January 2018 Germany passed the NetzDG law which required platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take down perceived illegal content within 24 hours or seven days, depending on the charge, or risk a fine of €50 million ($60 million) fines. In July 2018 representatives from Facebook, Google and Twitter denied to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee that they censor content for political reasons. During the hearing Republican members of Congress criticized the social media companies for politically motivated practices in removing some content, a charge the…
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Response rates from 1.1k Right voters.
31% Yes |
69% No |
27% Yes |
63% No |
2% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
5% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
2% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
2% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 1.1k Right voters.
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Unique answers from Right voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, but the statute/law should be voted on and there should be checks and balances in place that prevent the government from abusing this responsibility by filtering to the public what they want the public to know.
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No, let organizations regulator or show the truth rather than being authoritarian. The government is allowed to voice if by strong evidence that there is misinformation.
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Social Media companies should be brought into public ownership where the people can vote openly on the ways they are run and what is acceptable on these platforms.
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Yes, there should be fact checking laws
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No, but social media companies should be required to regulate the spread of information on their platforms.
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