Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.

65% of Americans support tech companies moderating false information online and 55% support the U.S. government taking these steps. These shares have increased since 2018. Americans are even more supportive of tech companies (71%) and the U.S. government (60%) restricting extremely violent content online.

  • Bipta@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Whether someone likes the outcomes of absolutist speech doesn’t necessarily correspond with whether they support it.

    • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgOPM
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      1 year ago

      i mean, if you don’t like the outcomes of absolutist speech but still support it anyways i can really only conclude your position isn’t a rational one and, indeed, the subsequent conversation here has sort of borne that out to me