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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@9VLMTC3Conservative6mos6MO
the government can stop interfering with our news and making themselves seem innocent the government is so corrupt that to be honest all government should be wiped clean and we restart the government with no corruption
@9V7H6SQConservative7mos7MO
We currently have no trusted news sources. Everything is biased and cannot be relied upon. There is no follow up to reporting on sensational topics to show outcomes.
@8ZX3GXZConservative3yrs3Y
No, but there should be rules in place so that social media identifies if something is not factual or has been tampered with.
@8THYJHNConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as people still have the right to post and share their opinions.
@8T99ZQLConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, social media companies are enjoying the benefits of being platforms/public squares while behaving like publishers. If they are going to censor content that isn't openly engaging in criminal behavior, then they should be regulated as publishers.
@8NXB273Conservative4yrs4Y
Social media sites should be required to allow all content to encourage a true marketplace of ideas. Any form of censorship only encourages the message being silenced
@8M7TL4C4yrs4Y
No good answer for this. Both government and companies have responsibility of ensuring content is not dangerous or biased - but both can also be biased in theor judgement of what is dangerous
@8CKQJM3Conservative5yrs5Y
No, but there should be some sort of regulation for fake news.
@9B43LK42yrs2Y
there should be no influnience on changing genders or anything that effcts kids that are below the age of 18
@98RBBRCConservative2yrs2Y
People should discern for themselves! Think for yourself!!!
@98HT6QD2yrs2Y
No, but censoring one view over another and interference in elections an other national issues should be monitored and $100k fines levied if proven that the companies did in fact censor or interfere.
@8WTGFHGConservative3yrs3Y
No, but social media companies should add fact checking to their systems
@8GHTMKHConservative5yrs5Y
There needs to be regulation for this, I don't believe it is up to the government to regulate or interfere with any type of media or freedom of speech. Maybe when we have a Synthetic Intelligence they could objectively process what is real and what is fake. No bias no agenda.
@982YYJN2yrs2Y
There's way too much fake news on social media but the gov't is also feeding media outlets with what they want to push.
@4VPX53ZConservative2yrs2Y
No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government, but should educate people on how to defend themselves day by day
@965GMBK3yrs3Y
Yes, with evidence that it's fake
@8YYMNBQ3yrs3Y
Gov has no business in regulation
@8VH2TZWConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, too much fake news and misinformation on social media. Social media companies also have a history of being biased and have been known to manipulate the content we are seeing to feed their own interests. This is very problematic and something needs to be done
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