Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?

Nuanced regulation, where clear libel/defamation and objective lies are replaced may be acceptable. Other type of "fake news" should be treated with much less regulation, such as simply putting an annotation

The state should regulate social media companies in order to prevent threats to public order, Indian sovereignty and territorial integrity

Yes, but only to uphold law of the land.

Social Media sites should be regulated to the extent if they are stifling free speech.

Govt must not have unlimited power over this matter.

Yes as long as it's regulated fairly.

Yes, but Regulations should have valid reasons. For fake news, better make a centralised Fact Check Database for anyone to refer from.

Fake News & Misinformation is not limited to social media. The focus should be to how to respond and have a way to correcting the information post that their should be price if found malicious intend

Government shouldn’t have the right to decide what’s true and what’s fake, but fact checking organisations should be allowed and encouraged to do so, and keep a check on the spread of fake news and misinformation

No. that is the job of the social media companies not Govt. Always keep Govt. at a distance

Yes, Regulated only if considerable number report it fake..

The government should reprimand social media sites for any offensive material but let them function on their own without state regulation.

Yes, and make social media and news companies declare their political stance if they were to advertise their own stance towards a political issue as part of their company portfolios.

I think that social media sites should be regulated, but I don't trust the government to determine what is fake or real news. There should be some independent obudsman responsible for determining that.

There should be private independent bodies for fact checking

Governments are funding social media to create fake news for votebank.

This might lead to a social media which is biased towards the govt. Rather people should be educated through awareness campaigns how to decrease internet usage, the negative effects of biased, fake news and propaganda on society, and how to use the social media and at the same time mitigate its negative effects.

Social media companies should create their own policies.

No, but social media companies need to regulate

No, but only if the fake news and misinformation does not threaten our national security.

No real solution available yet.. Social media platforms are politically biased but government regulation won't help either.

Yes, but in moderation

The government shouldn't but private fact-checking companies should

The judiciary should decide and regulate if a news is fake or not.

Regulations but with some limitations

No. The government will only use this as an excuse to manipulate actual news in their favour.

No, but execute stricter laws and punishments for those who spread harmful fake news and mislead people

I don't trust the current government to regulate social media sites although it is a necessity to combat misinformation

Regulation must be done by an independent organization and media platforms must be incentivised for combating fake news

This is a dicey situation where governments themselves determine what is fake and what isn’t. This could lead to blurring of the truths and lies.

No. Government itself is the biggest peddler of fake news.

Independent fact checkers should regulate them, not the government.

No, Government itself influences these companies.

no, instead awareness among the people must be increased to tackle the rise of fake news and misinformation

No, but social media sites should have the means to identify and remove fake news and misinformation

Govt can make laws for fake news, ask social media companies to be more vigilant but regulations can be misused.

No, but government should encourage self-regulation of social media companies through increased fines when perceived and/or proven illegal content is not removed within a set period of time

No, but Congress should pass a law that will increase the self-regulation of social media companies through increased fines when perceived and/or proven illegal content is not removed within a set period of time

No, this becomes an opening for the government to determine what is or isn't true, but they should be financially punished for allowing rampant misinformation.

Require them to be bipartisan on both sides.

Only during national emergencies.

Yes, users of social media are free to share what they please, but anyone who is, advertises themselves as, or comes across to a reasonable person as a news organization should have a legal obligation to tell the truth. Additionally, where the truth is not known, it should be illegal for such organizations to make things up, but rather these organizations should have to wait before making more informed judgements. This would diminish the capability of users to share fake news as the fake news would not exist, as opposed to simply not be shared.

The government should punish social media companies that censor information and viewpoints that are not direct calls to violence ,explicit violent threats, or obscenity

An entity separate from government or social media should determine fake or misleading news and social media companies should be required to provide a warning/disclaimer on posts containing false or misleading information

No, just make sure there are warnings for fake news.

All social media should be nationalised and treated as public space.

No, only put warnings for fake news.

no, but require them to label information in 3 terms. Fact, opinion, and report. All "fact" stories, must have 3 sources to refer to with up to 2% of descriptive adjectives allowed. All "report" stories are to be understood as to be too new to cite sources and with the disclaimer that it may or may not be untrue. All opinion pieces must be pro dominantly labeled as such. This includes all media - paper, video, and live events. This is for audience reference ONLY!!

Make sure fake news is labeled as such