About half of Americans say harassment, misleading or inaccurate information would decrease if social media firms could be sued for users’ posts

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July 1, 2021

56% of Americans oppose the right to sue social media companies for what users post

About half of Americans say harassment, misleading or inaccurate information would decrease if social media firms could be sued for users’ posts

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About half of Americans say harassment, misleading or inaccurate information would decrease if social media firms could be sued for users’ posts

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56% of Americans oppose the right to sue social media companies for what users post
Roughly half of Americans have heard at least a fair amount about debates on the role government should play in regulating major technology companies, and those more familiar with the debates are more likely to support people having the right to sue social media firms for content posted by other users
Americans’ views on how suing social media firms for content could affect free expression on the sites vary by race and ethnicity, education, partisanship
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say harassment and inaccurate or misleading information would decrease if people could sue social media companies for what users post
A majority of Americans say people should not be able to sue social media companies for content posted on these platforms by other users

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