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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No, but social media companies should be encouraged to do this on their own.
Yes, but only to some degree.
@8ZCKD8R3yrs3Y
Yes, to a certain extent, when social media posts threaten the well being of part or all of the population
People need to learn facts from fiction and media needs to be more trustful
I think that they should be governed by some type of regulation. However, I do not think that the government is the correct people to do it. This needs to be overseen and then overseen by another company to ensure that it is not being used for personal gain by people or companies. Maybe a private company that has the government oversee the private company.
Yes, but by teaching more critical thinking skills in school, by teaching subjects such as History and social studies, as well as English which help to develop those parts of the brain.
The government can apply pressure to social media platforms to regulate itself with penalties on recorded and proven misinformation
Social media is no longer about personal connections. It is about advertising.
No, but should provide incentives to eliminate fake news and misinformation from their platforms.
No, but libel, slander, and misinformation should have hefty fines when called out.
@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
@8PKXR3W4yrs4Y
They should break up their corporate powers, but not because of the news that is on them.
@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.
@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.
@8XTW3QC3yrs3Y
Yes, only with instances where fake news and misinformation threaten national security
@8CFLXGH5yrs5Y
No, but there should be some sort of check in place to help limit the spread of misinformation on social media
@5643HNN4yrs4Y
Yes, by reintroducing the FCC Fairness Doctrine
@8T67P4N4yrs4Y
Misinformation should be flagged but the government should not control what is put on social media unless it's harmful or encourages violence.
@8QDSNZY4yrs4Y
It depends on the site and how much harm it can create
@2GB8K924yrs4Y
No, but categorize social media platforms as public utilities and regulate them as such
@75KRFBJ4yrs4Y
No, this should be left to social media companies, with the government intervening if it gets out of control.
@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
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