Analysis: American views on regulating social media companies aren’t as partisan as you may think
Below: Another major U.S. Internet company is leaving Russia, and Google defends its deal for Mandiant. First:If you’ve tracked the debate in Washington around regulating social media, you might think Democrats and Republicans across the country are hopelessly divided on issues of speech.
Those groups hold “complicated, nuanced attitudes about internet regulation that are linked less to their partisan affiliations” than other considerations, according to the study, which surveyed over 10,000 Americans.John Sands, senior director at the Knight Foundation, said that makes people’s views on social media and content regulation a relative rarity in American politics.
While the study by Gallup and the Knight Foundation offers a sweeping look at American attitudes toward technology issues, the regulatory section largely focused on content moderation and speech rather than other issues, such as competition or privacy.Partisan views may appear widespread because the groups more closely linked with political affiliations tended to be more politically active, engaged online and wealthy, leading them to have outsize prominence, according to researchers.
A majority of Americans did agree on one thing, however: policymakers don’t pay enough attention to issues around technology and tech companies.
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