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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Electoral District (2011)
Response rates from 20.5k Canada voters.
35% Yes |
65% No |
30% Yes |
51% No |
3% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
9% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
2% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
5% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9HBRBWD1yr1Y
The government should not regulate, but make an effort to correct false information. For example, how Facebook places a pop up over a post to warn of possible false information.
@B459L862 days2D
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.
@B44F3353 days3D
I believe that the government should definitely put in place regulatations and laws to protect truthful information and prevent fake news, but the government should not be in charge of telling the public what is and what is not fake news because that gives too much power to the government.
@B43S4G84 days4D
I do not support complete censorship, but social media sites should be regulated to either disclose their political bias or impose monitoring protocols to prevent biased manipulation of facts and news.
@B43QV9M4 days4D
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
@B3T4YY52wks2W
Social media sites should be required to have fact checking information alongside any post, video, etc, and continue to have TOS that prevents calls to direct harm. This way there is a freedom of news and information but also an ability for people to know whether or not the information given to them is accurate. This is already implemented to some extent on some platforms and there could be discussions on how to improve it.
@B3HJK9R3wks3W
Yes; politically-motivated misinformation/fraud from foreign adversaries is far too prevalent and not well regulated. As well, social media companies should not be allowed to give political donations or lobby for political parties
@B3FNKL94wks4W
Yes and no, yes because there’s a huge amount of misinformation but at the same time no because it runs the risk of government propaganda.
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