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.

  • alyaza [they/she]OPMEnglish
    18•11 months ago

    So it started with some reasonable restrictions baked into the bill of rights, and we’ve been losing rights at an alarming rate,

    …what? American freedom of speech has, if anything, gotten less restrictive over time and it never was restrictive to begin with. you quite literally have to go out of your way to utter something which isn’t protected speech at this point (and the First Amendment has never covered private corporations so nobody is losing a “right” when Twitter tells you that you can’t wish for a second Holocaust)

      • alyaza [they/she]OPMEnglish
        12•11 months ago

        i think context makes it pretty obvious this is a generalized you (i quite literally say “nobody”, which is an indefinite and plural pronoun), so i’m not sure why you’re taking offense to this as if i’m saying you personally want a second Holocaust. if i thought you wanted that, as an admin i’d just say it to your face and ban you since you wouldn’t be a good fit for here