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…
Read more63% Yes |
37% No |
55% Yes |
28% No |
6% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
5% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
3% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
3% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
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Unique answers from Philippines users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@968C9XJ2yrs2Y
More middle in the plane
@935LQR82yrs2Y
Social media companies are private, and must not be regulated by the gov't. And that's not going to happen. We all know that governments—particularly, administrations prone to heavy gaslighting and to massive disinformation-sharing—won't ever do that.
@8ZN5GFN2yrs2Y
Yes, but only determine the trolls.
@8XXWKJ32yrs2Y
Only regulate pages with fake news
@8VFQZP33yrs3Y
It would be better to found ways of helping social media sites verify information,and of strengthening the media, so that the public has trusted sources it can rely on.
@8RCV5BJ3yrs3Y
Yes, but the government should not tamper any news to improve its publicity
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