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 754 Meath voters.
57% Yes |
43% No |
49% Yes |
31% No |
5% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
7% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
4% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
5% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
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Unique answers from Meath voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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No, but they should make mandatory for the public, specially in schools, good practice of navigating the internet and analysing information critically.
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the government should fund bodies that do this work, with a team of experts, rather than trying to do it themselves
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It should be regulated but not by the government. Preferably a third party designed to ensure regulation without bias.
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There should be better management and reduction of misinformation online as it is can cause many problems and risks for people, but the government should not be the ones to manage it
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The government should put measures in place to ensure social media companies are responsible for regulating misinformation and place sanctions on those who don't.
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No but I believe the private social media company’s themselves (example TikTok) should put more regulations and rule and montier there platform to stop the spread of fake or hateful news
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I believe fake news and misinformation is rampant. I don't believe it should be removed but warnings should be put on videos containing this information
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Yes there is too much fake news and misinformation however there is still importance in having diversity of opinion available rather than the government becoming the authority deciding what information is available. Basically, everyone can have their opinion but their opinion can't be based in complete nonsense. Like if fianna fail is head of government then I shouldn't not be able to see rational and valid criticisms of their practices because they seem it misinformation but it's all fierce nuanced
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