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 381 Seattle voters.
28% Yes |
72% No |
23% Yes |
56% No |
3% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
9% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
2% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
7% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 381 Seattle voters.
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Unique answers from Seattle voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8D7X8VB4yrs4Y
No, but government should require all media outlets (paper, online, radio, tv, etc) to provide both points of view when discussing any political issue. we are at this point; because both points of view are hardly every side-by-side.
@6VRCV2L4yrs4Y
The government should ensure that people who intentionally mislead others are flagged and responded to with factual, non-bias evidence from all sides of the actual story.
@9NLZLPX6mos6MO
Yes, but clearly define the terms "fake news" and "misinformation" to ensure that the government doesn’t simply censor what it disagrees with
@8YZCWH43yrs3Y
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media. But social media sites should NOT be regulated by the government, they should be regulated by the owners. Social media sites should STOP being politically biased.
@6VRZ2N24yrs4Y
Social media companies tend to be profit driven which greatly hinders their ability to run their business without bias. Advert sales are not monitored strictly enough and this results in certain individuals/companies/sovereign states taking advantage of the system in place to push their own political/social agenda with the use of fake statistics and facts to control the mind set of the populous.
@6VRGFFV4yrs4Y
The governments role should ensure that antitrust laws are not broken and that there is not a monopoly regarding information. I think that the site providing their information should be required to include enough personal information so one can determine if it is biased.
@99JGS332yrs2Y
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media. But social media sites should NOT be regulated by the government; they should be regulated by the owners. Social media sites should STOP being politically biased.
@8YFFX263yrs3Y
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media. Social media sites should NOT be regulated by the government, they should be regulated by the owners. Social media sites should STOP being politically biased.
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