Pew Research Center on Twitter: "Roughly half of U.S. adults (48%) now say the government should take steps to restrict false information online, even if it means losing some freedom to access and publish content. That is up from 39% in 2018. https://t.co/QMXAAiWANf… https://t.co/tmCwAtu2wP"

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Roughly half of U.S. adults (48%) now say the government should take steps to restrict false information online, even if it means losing some freedom to access and publish content. That is up from 39% in 2018. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/18/more-americans-now-say-government-should-take-steps-to-restrict-false-information-online-than-in-2018/ …pic.twitter.com/cTcyCH25MC

A bar chart showing that Americans are now split over whether government should take steps to restrict false information online; majority continue to say tech companies should do so

8:53 AM - 18 Aug 2021

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1. John Doherty‏ @JohnDoherty064 18 Aug 2021
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1. Pigeon CCIP 'ed‏ @based_pigeon 18 Aug 2021
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1. TheBasedOne ‏ @goto_gab 18 Aug 2021
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  Censorship and propaganda works! Who would have thought...
  
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