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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@B46RH444wks4W
No, but we should provide more tools that allow debunking misinformation quickly like community notes with proof provided.
@B23WWXW4mos4MO
No, but social media sites shall be heavily fined if they permit misinformation being shared on their platform
@9RBQ5239mos9MO
Social media companies and their technology should be transitioned out of their current capitalist model.
@8PP4HKQ4yrs4Y
Social media should be required to give a misinformation disclaimer but still have it visible
@8DZC86H5yrs5Y
Not necessarily regulated, but social media companies need to be held responsible for sponsoring or allowing the spread of fake news.
@93JR7Y73yrs3Y
No, this would be abused, and used to silence people the government does not agree with.
@98B6XQZ2yrs2Y
The government should have partial jurisdiction if a matter is brought to the courts pertaining to the use of a platform for violent criminal activity i.e. doxxing, harassment, death threats, etc, with limitations on what data the govt can access.
@8WFRGBH4yrs4Y
No restrictions just monitoring and recommending
@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
@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.
No, the government should also run their own educational content to help people learn to be critical of what information they consume
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