U.S. opinion on social media content regulation 2020| ��ƽ��

Share of U.S. adults who feel social media companies or the government should regulate select instances of social media content as of June 2020

Characteristic	Fact check social media posts and show when information is incorrect	Hide posts that encourage or glorify violence	Delete or restrict accounts that post false information or hate speech
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June 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 31 to June 2, 2020

Number of respondents

1,497 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

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Original question: Do you think that social media companies or the government should regulate social media in the following ways.. ?

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According to a June 2020 survey, over half of U.S. adults believed that social media companies are responsible for managing controversial and inaccurate content on their platforms. The majority of respondents stated that social networks should fact check social media posts and tag incorrect information, hide posts that encouraged violence, and delete or restrict accounts posting false information and hate speech. Only ** percent of respondents thought it was the government's responsibility to fact check social media posts. The regulation of fake news on social media has been a topic ever since the U.S. election in 2016. However, this topic has recently re-gained prominence amidst Twitter placing a content warning on one of President Trump's tweets. This was the first time that a tweet of a public figure has been labelled as such by the social network.