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

No, but particularly bad examples that are affiliated with hostile foreign governments (such as TikTok) should be

Depends on the severity

No, government can work to produce an environment that does not produce such fake news and offer help to those effected. In serious cases, some sort of sanction is needed.

yes, but we must be careful not to break the internet. The wording of the law can lead to sites either over-regulating and removing anything remotely controversial or regulating nothing.

No, but government has the duty to combat misinformation by providing accurate information

Yes, but I don't trust the government to define correctly.

Yes, but regulation should be limited as much as possible.

No, only prompts should be added that the mainstream opinion is against the information

Yes but they should be encouraging Social media to regulate themselves.

Yes, whatever media company platforms dissenting views will be swiftly punished

No. But they should bring is strict de-platforming laws so that everyone is free to spout their nonsense.

Yes, the government should imprison anyone who opposes the leader

Yes, the government should execute all entities who commit treason

No, the gov shouldn't determine what is fake or real news, private companies shouldn't be regulated by the gov, and instead enact legislation that social media companies cannot interfere in the dissemination of information without heavy fines or taxation.

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

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.

Require them to be bipartisan on both sides.

Only during national emergencies.

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.

The government should punish social media companies that censor information and viewpoints that are not direct calls to violence ,explicit violent threats, or obscenity

An entity separate from government or social media should determine fake or misleading news and social media companies should be required to provide a warning/disclaimer on posts containing false or misleading information

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

All social media should be nationalised and treated as public space.

No, only put warnings for fake news.

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!!

Make sure fake news is labeled as such

Facts only but allow opinions with warnings.

No, this is a violation of Free Speech.

No, only provide warnings for fake news.

No, but it should be required to be taught about how to tell the difference in real and fake news.

Apply warnings for fake news

No, that's a first amendment violation.

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

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

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

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

Facts only and a warning for fake news.

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

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

No, but major social media companies should be nationalized and treated like the commons.

they should look into the news before imediatly shutting it down.

Warnings for fake news should be posted

it needs regulation so we can find true source information, but is the government going to regulate it as they want it?

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 there should be an elected board independent from the government and news corporations that scrupulously judges the validity of major news sources

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

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

Facts only in the news