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

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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Response rates from 29.3k Mexico voters.

38%
Yes
62%
No
31%
Yes
45%
No
5%
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media
9%
No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government
3%
Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated
7%
No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news

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 @B4KDG4Kfrom North Carolina  answered…3mos3MO

The government should pass laws regulating misinformation and consumer data protection instead of leaving it up to social media companies.

 @8T786LJanswered…4yrs4Y

No, the government shouldn't regulate it itself, but it should make the companies regulate their social media

 @8T74XLSanswered…4yrs4Y

No, pero sí hacer campañas para concientizar sobre el uso de las redes y la información que circula en ellas

 @99PVMSLfrom Nebraska  answered…2yrs2Y

No, while it sounds good in theory, I believe it can easily be extorted

 @99C5SCVfrom Oklahoma  answered…2yrs2Y

The government should provide factual news sources, increase funding to research agencies, and create institutions that produce research openly available to the public.

 @98XL5VHfrom Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

No, however the government should incentivise private companies to regulate misinformation themselves

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 @Vot3rVo1ceChloefrom Ohio  submitted…7mos7MO

Trump meeting TikTok CEO as ban deadline looms

US President-elect Donald Trump is meeting the CEO of TikTok as the social media giant fights plans to have it banned in the US.Trump was due to meet Shou Zi Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday, the BBC's US partner CBS News reports, citing sources familiar with the meeting.A law passed earlier this year means TikTok will be banned unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, before 19 January.The company has made an emergency application to the US Supreme Court to have the ban delayed.The US wants TikTok sold or banned because of alleged links between ByteDance and the Chinese state, links that both TikTok and ByteDance have always denied.The bill introducing the law said it was intended to "protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications".Trump opposes the ban - despite supporting one during his first term - partly on the grounds that it could help Facebook, which he has accused of aiding his 2020 election loss.Trump's second term, however, won't begin until he is inaugurated on 20 January, the day after the deadline set out in the law.In its filing to the Supreme Court, submitted on Monday, TikTok asked for a "modest delay" to the enforcement of the ban to "create breathing room" for a review by the Court and to allow the incoming administration to "evaluate this matter".It described TikTok as "one of the most significant speech platforms" in the US and said the ban would do "immediate irreparable harm" to the company and its users.