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 400 Harmonstown A voters.
63% Yes |
37% No |
55% Yes |
27% No |
4% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
7% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
3% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
3% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 400 Harmonstown A voters.
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Unique answers from Harmonstown A voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9MBLRCN9mos9MO
No, but they should make mandatory for the public, specially in schools, good practice of navigating the internet and analysing information critically.
@9HV3M671yr1Y
the government should fund bodies that do this work, with a team of experts, rather than trying to do it themselves
@9MQ3FV89mos9MO
It should be regulated but not by the government. Preferably a third party designed to ensure regulation without bias.
@B2HRMRK4wks4W
Yes, but only disclaimers should be provided regarding particular media publications that have a bias to a political party, agenda or ideology.
@9ZX97JM3mos3MO
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.
@9ZWFCXL3mos3MO
Social media companies should be held responsible for the objectively false info on their sites, especially when they promote the spread
@9ZW8D8Y3mos3MO
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.
@9ZW8CM63mos3MO
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
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