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Answer Overview

Response rates from 14.8k Australia voters.

39%
Yes
61%
No
34%
Yes
49%
No
2%
Yes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media
8%
No, the government should not determine what is fake or real news
2%
Yes, social media companies are politically biased and need to be regulated
4%
No, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @B33ZG2Tanswered…1 day1D

Media companies should be required to report accurate and true information, without the drama and clickbait headlines. Any outlet that is deemed to go against the best interest of the people and or publishes overly dramatized headlines and information should see fines that correspond.

 @B3333Z6answered…3 days3D

No but they should regulate news corporations who write blatant misinformation and end the Murdoch monopoly

 @B32RT3Fanswered…3 days3D

Yes, but give regulation control to an independent body that cannot be tampered with by the government.

 @B2YG9YManswered…6 days6D

Yes but researchers and scientists (political, historical, data, sociological) should be the people determining what is fact or not. Journalism is still incredibly important. We should limit misinformation with instead fact checkers from peer reviewed sources THEN opinions should be outlined as such.

 @B2SXP9Sanswered…2wks2W

Yes, but give regulation control to a department that is independent of government and implement measures to ensure its impartiality.

 @B2L3WL4answered…3wks3W

Yes and no, the social media sites should not be spreading fake news and misinformation, however, policies need to be in place to ensure the government is not using that to spread propaganda and keep citizens in the dark about what is actually going on.

 @B2HMHT5answered…4wks4W

No, but there should be a fact-checking system separate from both the government and the site to prevent government control

 @B2FTPK3 answered…1mo1MO

Yes, to an extent. Repeat offenders of spreading deliberately incorrect information should be liable to punishment for something in a similar vein to defamation.

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