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

Yes, but the institution responsible for it must be independant, objective, apolitical, and wary of exercising power. Additionally, it must provide objective media channels which will spread the verified and true information, and will be boosted by the algorithm.

Yes, but the institution responsible must be independent, objective, nonpolitical, and restrained in its exercise of power.

Yes, but only through highly independent and professional institutes which are far from the grasp of government, in order to prevent tyranny.

I don't trust the government to decide boundaries, too biased.

No, but social media networks should be broken up and socialized/nationalized.

Yes, but with the utmost care not to infringe on freedom of speech, and only on certain issues such as anti-Semitism and incitement

Yes, as long as it is to promote facts and prevent fake news, and not to squash criticism.

Facts only

No, that's a first amendment violation.

The news should on be factual. Fake news should come with warnings.

The news should only be factual. Fake news should have warnings attached.

No, just make sure there are warnings for fake news.

No, only put warnings for fake news.

The news should only be factual. Social media sites should give warnings on things that aren't absolutely true.

Facts only for the news

I have mixed feelings. While social media companies are politically biased, governments will definitely take advantage and allow only what benefits them.

Not the government but make the companies responsible

For the news there should only be facts

Not the government but the companies should delete fake news.

Not the government but there needs to only be facts in the news.

No, but social media platforms that implement any form of moderation should bare full legal culpability for any and everything that appears on their platform

No, but hold them liable for negligence, and ban targeted advertising.

No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government. I do believe that the actual news should be unbiased but memes and some independent commentary should be up to the individual sites,

For the actual news everything should be the truth. Memes and jokes should be allowed

News should not be politicized.

The actual news should be factual only.

No, but hold them liable for negligence, and ban online targeted advertising.

Facts only for the actual news. Warnings for misinformation.

The government should regulate social media, but not to prevent fake news and misinformation.

For the news it should only be factual. For social media there should be warnings for fake news.

Hold them liable for negligence, and ban online targeted advertising.

Regulated for their size and monopolistic practices, not to violate their 1st Amendment rights

Social media companies should be responsible for regulating fake news and misinformation.

Yes, if done by a completely unbias government agency.

No, unless the social media content in question is sourced from terrorism or other national security threats

Yes, social media companies should have their section 230 protections revoked if they remove users for political reasons.

Yes and no, social media companies should have their section 230 protections revoked if they remove users for political reasons.

It depends on the site and how much harm it can create

Yes, by reintroducing the FCC Fairness Doctrine

I believe if the social media app isn't biased and already removes content that is false, then leave it be. However, those that struggle to remove more false information, especially surrounding politics, then the government should give them a helping hand with doing so. Only certain types of content should be removed including false political information and harmful things, not things that are obvious jokes.

No, but should encourage them to do it themselves.

How do you feel about governments deciding what kind of content should be removed from social media platforms?

Have you ever witnessed or experienced online content being removed or censored, and how did it make you feel?

Do you think fake news is such a serious issue that governments should regulate what gets posted online?

When social media companies censor content, do you think they are protecting users or limiting free expression?

How can social media platforms balance the need to stop harmful content without silencing free speech?

Do you think the threat of major fines encourages companies to act responsibly, or does it make them overly cautious?

Should individuals be allowed to decide for themselves what information is true or false, or should authorities step in?

Have you ever shared or come across content online that was later taken down? How did that affect your trust in the platform?

How should social media handle offensive but not illegal content, considering diverse global views?

Do you think social media companies have the power to shape political and social opinions through content regulation?

Yes, But only to prevent them from silencing anyone. (The language of this question is biased)

No, freedom of speech should not be violated whether or not the information is true.

No, but there should be an elected board independent from the government and news corporations that scrupulously judges the validity of major news sources

No, but there should be some sort of check in place to help limit the spread of misinformation on social media

Only during national emergencies.

Require them to be bipartisan on both sides.

No, the private sector exists outside of state control

no, but require them to label information in 3 terms. Fact, opinion, and report. All "fact" stories, must have 3 sources to refer to with up to 2% of descriptive adjectives allowed. All "report" stories are to be understood as to be too new to cite sources and with the disclaimer that it may or may not be untrue. All opinion pieces must be pro dominantly labeled as such. This includes all media - paper, video, and live events. This is for audience reference ONLY!!

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.

Yes, but there need to be rules limiting the government's control in this area. The government should regulate and take down fake (i.e. counterfactual) news that can harm someone's honor or cause physical harm (misinformation about a pandemic, for instance) if the publisher refuses to correct the factual inaccuracies.

Yes, but there need to be rules limiting the government's control in this area. The government should regulate and take down fake (i.e. counterfactual) news that defames someone or causes physical harm (misinformation about a pandemic, for instance) if the publisher refuses to correct the factual inaccuracies.

Yes, but there need to be rules limiting the government's control in this area. The government should regulate, take down fake (specifically counterfactual) news that defames someone or causes physical harm (misinformation about a pandemic, for instance), and, if the publisher refuses to correct the factual inaccuracies, issue fines.

No, but the government should limit the social media platforms from limiting or influencing the flow of information.

Social media sites shouldnt be allowed to decide what is real and what isnt and still be protected as techinically being "not publishers"

Misinformation should be flagged but the government should not control what is put on social media unless it's harmful or encourages violence.

No, the government should break up the companies to reduce their influence.

No, but the internet should be decentralized, and should be hosted on a blockchain. We should also enforce the 1st and 3rd Amendments to the best of it's ability.

No, but the government should sign a new amendment to ensure free speech and fight against data collection without consent.

No, but the internet should be decentralized, and should be hosted on a blockchain. We should also enforce the 1st and 4th Amendments to the best of it's ability.

Internet companies like Google and Facebook should be treated as a new form of utility company/newspaper hybrid and be regulated in the sense that they are providing a service to the public. They shouldn't tamper with the product but they should also actively prevent malevolent actions from within and outside of their organizations from influencing information.

No, this becomes an opening for the government to determine what is or isn't true, but they should be financially punished for allowing rampant misinformation.

No, but categorize social media platforms as public utilities and regulate them as such

No, but only because the government can not be trusted to fairly and accurately regulate the rampant misinformation on social media.

Yes in that social media sites should be legally responsible for the way that they target, spread and monitor content, but the government should not be responsible for regulating the content

Yes, users of social media are free to share what they please, but anyone who is, advertises themselves as, or comes across to a reasonable person as a news organization should have a legal obligation to tell the truth. Additionally, where the truth is not known, it should be illegal for such organizations to make things up, but rather these organizations should have to wait before making more informed judgements. This would diminish the capability of users to share fake news as the fake news would not exist, as opposed to simply not be shared.

Yes, but only to prevent censorship.

No, but hold companies liable for profiting and circulating false information

No, this should be left to social media companies, with the government intervening if it gets out of control.

Yes, social media should be regulated to similar standards as TV networks and radio stations.

It is the responsibility of private media to keep fake news and misinformation off their platforms.

No, misinformation pop-ups would be acceptable however

No, but social media companies should be responsible for monitoring and removing misinformation.

Yes, but not by the government. This should be done by an independent fact-checking cooperative.

No, but social media companies should be held accountable for self-regulating.

Yes, but they should only regulate the companies that run the sites, not the sites themselves.

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

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

Warning labels about the information at hand

No, this would be a violation of free speech. However, the anti monopoly laws need enforced on them.

No, people need to learn to start researching topics and new instead of believing what they see online.

No, but social media sits should be encouraged to regulate it themselves

They should not regulate the sites but should encourage better self-policing.

Yes, but only through an independent commission dedicated to protecting free speech

No, unless social media companies are trying to act as a virtual town square but curtail freedom of speech

it shouldn't be up to the gov to regulate but there should be some regulation

It should be the social media companies that are responsible to regulate fake news.(they should regulate it)

Enforce the 1st Amendmenr

No, but a joint or independent body should. Any one government should not arbitrate what is or isn't fake news. but we do have widespread misinformation that needs to be reigned in.