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Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online (www.pewresearch.org)

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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.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Are they an admin? The account seems to be registered on another instance. But in any event what they said is a super common misconception about the case. I guess you could make an argument that it’s spreading misinformation, but only if you’re being very literal and ignoring what most people think of when they hear “spreading misinformation”.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wasn't referring to the case, but turns out I'm wrong anyway. Edited my original comment

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