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Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?

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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53%
Yes
47%
No
46%
Yes
34%
No
5%
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media
9%
No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news
2%
Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated
4%
No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government

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 @93XGM96answered…3yrs3Y

Educate about fake news instead

 @8TWLCN3answered…3yrs3Y

Independent regulator

 @9SF4DJTanswered…5mos5MO

Yes, and the government should ban anonymous accounts in order to ensure that people don't spread misinformation.

 @9LYFFVJanswered…9mos9MO

Government should have better legislation/laws that make social media platforms comply to a set of standards and regulations. Putting onus on them to do more to limit fake news, trolling, fraud and fake advertising

 @9NGTV9Sanswered…8mos8MO

I don't think the government should get any say over the type of news shown to it's people, the UK already has too many Biased news sources.

 @8RVXRBHanswered…4yrs4Y

Social media companies should be regulated by an independent body, to prevent misinformation.

 @9F58ZK4answered…1yr1Y

Our government cannot be trusted not to abuse their powers, and the sites themselves are not the sources of fake news and misinformation.

 @B28P8M9answered…3wks3W

social media news must be regulated, but by an official body, separate from the main branch of goverment

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 @Vot3rVo1ceChloefrom Ohio  submitted…1mo1MO

Trump meeting TikTok CEO as ban deadline looms

US President-elect Donald Trump is meeting the CEO of TikTok as the social media giant fights plans to have it banned in the US.Trump was due to meet Shou Zi Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday, the BBC's US partner CBS News reports, citing sources familiar with the meeting.A law passed earlier this year means TikTok will be banned unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, before 19 January.The company has made an emergency application to the US Supreme Court to have the ban delayed.The US wants TikTok sold or banned because of alleged links between ByteDance and the Chinese state, links that both TikTok and ByteDance have always denied.The bill introducing the law said it was intended to "protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications".Trump opposes the ban - despite supporting one during his first term - partly on the grounds that it could help Facebook, which he has accused of aiding his 2020 election loss.Trump's second term, however, won't begin until he is inaugurated on 20 January, the day after the deadline set out in the law.In its filing to the Supreme Court, submitted on Monday, TikTok asked for a "modest delay" to the enforcement of the ban to "create breathing room" for a review by the Court and to allow the incoming administration to "evaluate this matter".It described TikTok as "one of the most significant speech platforms" in the US and said the ban would do "immediate irreparable harm" to the company and its users.

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