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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No, but laws should be passed with guidelines that require social media companies to self-regulate on a continual basis to stop the spreading of false news and misinformation
No, social media sites should self-regulate on a regular basis to separate confirmed facts from fiction
No, but laws should be created and/or strengthened where social media companies are required to continually self-regulate within a given time frame
No, but laws should be created and/or strengthened that social media companies are required to continually self regulate within a given time frame
No, but the government should create a set of rules and laws for social media companies to self regulate on a regular basis to prevent the spread of fake news and information
No, but laws should be passed which require social media companies to regulate themselves by conducting regular, monthly internal audits that look for and remove illegal and/or false content
No, but self regulation practices should be required and made law to avoid the spreading of dangerously influential and verifiably false information
No, but self regulation practices should be required and made law to avoid the spreading of dangerously influential and verified false information
No, but the government should require that social media companies self-regulate themselves on a continual basis or risk stiff fines for publicizing online misinformation and fake news
No, but the government should require social media companies to self-regulate themselves on a continual basis or risk stiff fines for the publication of online misinformation and fake news
No, but the government should require social media companies to self-regulate themselves on a regular basis or risk stiff fines for the publication of online misinformation and fake news
No, but Congress should pass a law that will increase the self-regulation of social media companies through increased fines when perceived and/or proven illegal content is not removed within a set period of time
No, but government should encourage self-regulation of social media companies through increased fines when perceived and/or proven illegal content is not removed within a set period of time
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