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 1.6k Thessalonikis voters.
54% Yes |
46% No |
49% Yes |
39% No |
3% Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
4% No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
2% Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated |
3% No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 1.6k Thessalonikis voters.
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Unique answers from Thessalonikis voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8WWYVN53yrs3Y
Yes, but instead of doing it personally they should require social media companies to have fact checking systems in place
@8RP5N3J4yrs4Y
Yes but only if the government makes sure the media releases fake news.
@98SLL2C2yrs2Y
There should be an independent public funded organization to do so
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