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 280 Laois voters.
60% Yes |
40% No |
52% Yes |
33% No |
4% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
5% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
3% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
2% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
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Unique answers from Laois voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9MBLRCN8mos8MO
No, but they should make mandatory for the public, specially in schools, good practice of navigating the internet and analysing information critically.
@9HV3M6712mos12MO
the government should fund bodies that do this work, with a team of experts, rather than trying to do it themselves
@9MQ3FV87mos7MO
It should be regulated but not by the government. Preferably a third party designed to ensure regulation without bias.
@9ZX97JM3wks3W
I think they shouldn’t regulate it too heavily but keen an eye on it. This may become a bigger problem in the future but right now, I think it’s okay.
@9ZWFCXL3wks3W
Social media companies should be held responsible for the objectively false info on their sites, especially when they promote the spread
@9ZW8D8Y3wks3W
Yes, to a degree. Twitter has a "Community Notes" feature that allows people to fact check potential misinformation, and I think a government body that provides additional context to some degree available on social networks would be helpful as well, encouraging others to contribute as that would be a massive workload.
@9ZW8CM63wks3W
Just have a question of how they would do this ? I agree that some information is very questionable and shouldn’t be allowed to be available especially to young people
@9ZW7DHS3wks3W
yes however there should be an independent non government agency reviewing the governments actions to make sure that the government aren't censoring our news either
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