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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@8QFCQGTNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, by setting national standards that social media companies must enforce.
@8V6K2PB4yrs4Y
No because social media companies are private. However the government should provide all the the other social services (education, basic income, housing, healthcare, etc etc etc) so people are more critical of fake news and less succeptible to it.
@8SFDLS64yrs4Y
No, but the government should be able to give fair penalties to websites with large user-bases if they do not regulate the spread of misinformation themselves.
@5SX94C9New Democratic5yrs5Y
No, but only because the government can not be trusted to fairly and accurately regulate the rampant misinformation on social media.
@chrisstone53yrs3Y
The government should regulate social media, but not to prevent fake news and misinformation.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, but government should encourage self-regulation of social media companies through increased fines when perceived and/or proven illegal content is not removed within a set period of time
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, but Congress should pass a law that will increase the self-regulation of social media companies through increased fines when perceived and/or proven illegal content is not removed within a set period of time
@8S2LJ244yrs4Y
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media, as well as politically biased social media companies also contributing to the spread of fake news and misinformation.
@7TRSKP94yrs4Y
It is the responsibility of private media to keep fake news and misinformation off their platforms.
@8QDSNZY4yrs4Y
It depends on the site and how much harm it can create
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