Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?

No the government should not regulate it, but they should have a site of their own to give the truth if false information is being spread on certain topics

No, It inhibits freedom of speech

No however there should be regulation which states that social media sites are providing notifications of news sources which may not always be reliable.

Yes fact checking must be regulated and also information shared in schools which is a skewed perception to brainwash our children need be fact checked also

Yes, as necessary as possible.

While it is important to limit the spread of misinformation, removing peoples' right to choose is questionable.

No, but their should be fact checking software on social média sites

No, but social media companies should regulate what is and isn't fake news and misinformation much better than it currently does

Regulate the media and the cdc

No restrictions just monitoring and recommending

No, but the government should enforce disclaimers on social media to make the viewer aware of biases.

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

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

No but please end untruths

Social media is no longer about personal connections. It is about advertising.

No but social media sites should be held accountable for what they allow to be promoted on their sites.

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.

yes, but only by a created task force that is required to be non partisan

It is not the government's mandate to decide what is or isn't fake news, however, any site with too much misinformation (according to science and proof) should be called out and potentially charged

The government should advise the viewers or consumers of social media of digital literacy.

No, but a trusted non-government organization that is peer-reviewed should be used instead

screw them both

Social media companies are part of the press and as such should be free, but they should be regulated with the content they have on them as to ensure that it is not threatening or harmful to others. This content should be removed.

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.

These media sites must be regulated but not by government

No, but they should encourage social media companies to moderate content

No but it should be fact checked regularly by another company

No, but it should be regulated by a third party.

Yes, but just to ensure no political bias and to keep them non-partisan

No, but libel, slander, and misinformation should have hefty fines when called out.

No political ties for censorship, but a third party should monitor social media.

Information should be regulated by unbiased parties or a combination of evenly biased parties

No, social media companies should better regulate fake news by themselves without government influence.

Depends on what counts as "fake news" and misinformation.

The social media sites should themselves regulate it with a third party fact-checking company

Social media companies should regulate fake news and misinformation

Yes, by setting national standards that social media companies must enforce.

No, as governments seem to promote their own propaganda. Instead, apply same monitoring practices for all misinformation.

No, the government should not suppress speech nor compell speech. However, companies should not be able to censor or suppress speech either, Trick question.

I agree with every option that starts with "yes"

The government needs to put more regulations on social media sites to take responsibility to prevent fake news and misinformation, however the government shouldn't have direct control of the site.

Social media should be required to give a misinformation disclaimer but still have it visible

Yes, but it needs to be monitored to prevent bias

No, social media should be rated by independent organizations as to the rate of misinformation and fake news, similar to health inspections.

Regulate CBC, they're the real fake news

Yes, as an independent commission at arm's length from the government

Neither the government nor social media companies should be able to censor anyone's free speech online.

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