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 314 Natal voters.
43% Yes |
57% No |
33% Yes |
43% No |
6% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
8% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
4% 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 314 Natal voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 314 Natal voters.
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Unique answers from Natal voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, but in the form of a new independent unaffiliated unbiassed secular apolitical non-partisan fully-transparent organization as the government should not determine what is fake or real news, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated, make a scale of factuality and credibility and utilize fact-checkers
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No, but there should be more consequences to social media sites that fail to properly combat misinformation
@9CHPMYB1yr1Y
Regulations should only hold social media accountable to monitor extreme and violent messages threatening domestic tranquility. And henceforth only deplatform content creators on a case by case basis.
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