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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@B46V7MRLibertarian3wks3W
No, and the implication in the question that somehow the government and its proxies (ie. Five Eyes, NATO, UN, EU, etc.) are not the largest contributors to fake news and misinformation is truly hilarious. Thanks for the chuckle.
@B459L864wks4W
Social media and fake news/disinformation should be regulated but not by government. The social platforms need to take accountability for the detection and flagging of deepfakes, etc.
@B43QV9M4wks4W
The government needs 3 main news stations - one left, one right, one that has no bias and make it clear which is which. Also state current misinformation as often as needed on all 3
@B3BB9L62mos2MO
No, because if the government controls the media further more, there is more propaganda resulting in total media control
No, but there should be laws to ensure fact checking directly on posts such as AI usage, fact checking (similar to x.com)
@B2P2T623mos3MO
No, but sites should have to have a system in place to detect potential fake news and warn the viewer, so they can hopefully make their own informed decisions.
@B27PJGNNew Democratic4mos4MO
No, instead add a notice claiming that the following information may be biased or contain misinformation.
@B47K95K3wks3W
No but there should be a disclaimer before any journalistic information that may not be accurate, sourced, or fact checked.
@9FBTBMB2yrs2Y
There’s a fine line between regulating, just to stop fake news, and silencing free speech. I don’t trust the government to control the news
@9F5KMPV2yrs2Y
No, the government should only be able to control hate speech and misinformation on government sites. Canadians deserve privacy online and it's none of the governments business what social media does. Canadians should be able to be punished for hate speech and misinformation they spread online by attending a re education program or diversity training.
@9P8NRFMNew Democratic 10mos10MO
Yes, but not to the extent where the government has the ability of complete censorship & control of media.
@9NJP74H11mos11MO
We should regulate them, but should be on limiting how they collect and use user's personal data, like EU did, instead of not for controlling fake news or misinformation.
@9CD6GVV2yrs2Y
No, the government has no right to monitor the information on social media. There should be stricter screening by the creators and operators of the sights. It is people's right to choose what they want to believe and if they are dumb enough to believe it without checking there facts then that's their fault for being stupid.
@9C44Q362yrs2Y
No, and personally i would switch the word "misinformation" with "perspective"
@96HRZF5Rhinoceros3yrs3Y
There should be no American based social media sites allowed in Canada. Instead there should be one social network for the entire British commonwealth. If yanks want to be on that network, then they need to renounce their U.S. citizenship.
@959Q3F23yrs3Y
governments should regulate the spread of misinformation and fake news only not controlling the sites itself
@957BLNV3yrs3Y
No as they do not prevent fake news to begin with.
@93YM2NC3yrs3Y
Yes, but only for misinformation that can cause harm (ie antivax)
Only if you want 1984 to become reality (I certainly don't
@92RMKPK3yrs3Y
no, leave that to an independent commission
@8TDHNG84yrs4Y
Yes, but only if there are strict rules as to what the government can censor in order to ensure that opinions are not being censored
@8TBKBH44yrs4Y
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media, they should have fact tracker to ensure the information is correct.
@8SD6JYBNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, the government shouldn't regulate social media but there should be a specific branch of well-informed, non-politically biased people to regulate it.
@8S6B9RK4yrs4Y
No the government should not be censoring what they deal to be news and “truthful”
@8RWBJNQ4yrs4Y
No, we cant trust the government to decide what is true or not. But we also cant trust it in the hands of leftist companies.
@8QWBJC64yrs4Y
No political ties for censorship, but a third party should monitor social media.
@8QTX9VZ4yrs4Y
Information should be regulated by unbiased parties or a combination of evenly biased parties
@8QTRJSZNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, social media companies should better regulate fake news by themselves without government influence.
@8PH694W4yrs4Y
Regulate CBC, they're the real fake news
@8NWTXHSLibertarian4yrs4Y
NO, the main stream media is even more biased (CBC!) than social media
@8NW99DG4yrs4Y
Government can’t be trusted.
@8GJNXMK5yrs5Y
Yes, but only if regulations are based on accurate information from scientists or otherwise.
@8CV2T7G5yrs5Y
Only if the company is also filtering speach.
@8CKQJM3Conservative5yrs5Y
No, but there should be some sort of regulation for fake news.
@9C5Q4RV2yrs2Y
The government should have rules about hate speech that apply to social media. The government should ensure that independent, valid journalism is protected.
@98YDF852yrs2Y
No. I believe there is much better ways to spend their time then regulating social media sites.
@98WW25PNew Democratic2yrs2Y
Only by non-partisan entities unaffiliated with any party
@8TRLT9S4yrs4Y
Were would stupid people meet then?
@8SYDDSX4yrs4Y
All forms of social media should do what instagram does with the potential misinformation tab
@8YYMNBQ3yrs3Y
Gov has no business in regulation
@8YLNZTD3yrs3Y
No however there should be regulation which states that social media sites are providing notifications of news sources which may not always be reliable.
@8Y85WN93yrs3Y
While it is important to limit the spread of misinformation, removing peoples' right to choose is questionable.
@8VH22SV4yrs4Y
Social media companies should be held to certain standards and should not be allowed to promote one view over another. That should be determined by the people and its natural popularity
@8SRCS7J4yrs4Y
No, the government shouldn't regulate social media sites to that extent. However, social media sites should implement more restrictions as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation.
No, but should provide incentives to eliminate fake news and misinformation from their platforms.
@8R9YBHV4yrs4Y
No but it should be fact checked regularly by another company
@8R9Y8YM4yrs4Y
No, but it should be regulated by a third party.
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