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 382 BA voters.
50% Yes |
50% No |
45% Yes |
37% No |
3% 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 |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 382 BA voters.
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Unique answers from BA voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@93XGM963yrs3Y
Educate about fake news instead
@8TWLCN34yrs4Y
@9SF4DJT6mos6MO
Yes, and the government should ban anonymous accounts in order to ensure that people don't spread misinformation.
@9NGTV9S9mos9MO
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.
@9LYFFVJ10mos10MO
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
@8RVXRBH4yrs4Y
Social media companies should be regulated by an independent body, to prevent misinformation.
@B2T4ZN42wks2W
No, it should be a criminal offence to knowingly post false news that is clearly presented as though it is real
Companies who post misleading news articles should be fined (or blocked from being visible in the uk upon non payment) if they post clearly misleading news articles that are designed to cause harm (and not clearly a joke/partody)
@B2J98W94wks4W
No, the government may not be able to tell themselves - instead experts in science, history or other subjects should monitor real or fake news
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