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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@B3Z8CYW2mos2MO
No, I do not trust the federal government or state governments to determine what is fake and real news.
@B3Z44J82mos2MO
I would say no because although I believe social media can be harmful due to its misinformation, we have freedom of speech and press granted by the 1st amendment.
There shouldn’t be regulation but they should be legally liable for disinformation allowed on their platform.
@9PTZCQ311mos11MO
No, but fake news outlets should face liable and other charges for misinformation brought by individual and class-action suits
@9L3NMVF1yr1Y
No, but the social media companies need to be held accountable for the spreading of fake news by posting links to trusted sources. Fake news is harmful and needs to be regulated but I fear this enactment will be politically abused.
@9KJ7WDC1yr1Y
Yes and no, I believe that people should have the freedom to post whatever, but not if it is harming one by misinformation.
@9K698ML1yr1Y
No the government already controls fake news through the mainstream media. At least with Social Media you can still find honest researchers
@9FS7BQL2yrs2Y
There is a lot of misinformation but people should ban together to help inform others about what is false and truth or the truth will come out it has got to...right?
@96N29KC3yrs3Y
No, I don't trust the government to regulate anything
@96GPCQF3yrs3Y
Social media company should act like the town square. I'm generally anti censorship
@93Y5YWKLibertarian3yrs3Y
The giant cooperation should be broken up and social media should be treated like utilities
@8ZFVLGD3yrs3Y
Only if the situations have escalated to a point beyond “fake” news and has become brainwashing propaganda.
@8YY2NB23yrs3Y
No, however the government should regulate companies who constitutionally violate free speech in the US
@8YN6VL3Republican3yrs3Y
Neither the Government, nor these public forums, should be the arbiter of truth. They do not need the Government to tell them what is and isn't real, but they should not be telling their users what is and isn't real either.
@jjdeforest3yrs3Y
No, but Social media platforms should also remain neutral. These platforms are far to pervasive to allow such a relatively small group of people dictate what shoukd be allowed or not.
@8XFGSBM3yrs3Y
Social media should be open to all views as long as it’s not criminal and those that publish false statements as fact should be held criminally responsible.
@8WKC2WK4yrs4Y
Social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government. In addition, the government should not determine what is fake or real news.
@8SYTZMK4yrs4Y
Independent 3rd party to regulate
@8SCMX3JLibertarian4yrs4Y
No, but if they censor they should be denied protections due to open platforms.
@8RNFDRT4yrs4Y
No, but I think that there should be a very specific note on ALL social media that shows to take it with a grain of salt until you have multiple sources - of different political stances - that are saying the same thing.
@8RFV2CF4yrs4Y
No, but we need to make sure these sites have free speech. Or that they’re are known as a publisher.
@8QHJ4D3Republican4yrs4Y
No, but social media sites should be more open to allowing all views on their sites.
@8PBY3FPConstitution4yrs4Y
No, but only if the social media site is a true platform. When social media sites, on their own or through a third party, regulate what is allowed, they are no longer platforms and should be able to be sued, just like news outlets.
@8P8CGCP5yrs5Y
They should regulate the companies and platforms that are putting out the fake news and misinformation
No but they should be required to fact xheck
No, but news coming from various sources should be labeled with "verified", "unverified", or even "opinion", so that readers can remain informed about what they read.
@8FB2G6V5yrs5Y
No, nothing on the Internet should be regulated by the government beyond what is already considered harmful activity.
@8DPD3CN5yrs5Y
The government should not get involved with social media companies but I do think companies should have a policy to prevent the spread of "fake news".
@99RQNKSIndependent2yrs2Y
Yes but with strict oversight so not to violate the 1st amendment.
@99LPCC82yrs2Y
Yes, to prevent racist activity and propaganda and misinformation
@99KTHTX2yrs2Y
yes, but only for harmful things
@996SSFB2yrs2Y
No, however, social media sites should be required to notate that the news information presented contains biases.
Yes, but only to prevent dangerous misinformation and hate speech
They should not be regulated by the government, but confirmed by political experts
@97PHNW63yrs3Y
No and all protections from legal action should be removed. Treat them as any other utility or publishing entity
@8QXZ834Republican4yrs4Y
No, allowing the government to ban private company's free speech is a slippery slope that could lead to violating our freedom of speech
@8P3SRBG5yrs5Y
Yes, but rather than deleting posts or statements which may be deemed false, a "warning" of sorts should be attached to it where people on these sites can see. This will prevent them from having too much power over what they determine to be real or fake information but it will also allow for users to be well informed on the possible inaccuracy of what they are reading, like a fact-check.
@8G34F3D5yrs5Y
No, however social media sites should monitor for false information
@8DJKNW45yrs5Y
No, because the government is at fault too for producing misleading news, but a non-partisan party needs to regulate what is posted or at least provide a fact check for everything that is posted because the unreliability of news is getting out of hand.
No, but there should be some sort of check in place to help limit the spread of misinformation on social media
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