U.S. public has little confidence in social media companies to determine offensive content
Americans have complicated views about the role social media companies should play in removing offensive content from their platforms.
Among all Americans, women are more likely than men (72% vs. 59%) to say social media companies have a responsibility to remove offensive content from their platforms. The gender differences in these views are wider among Republicans than Democrats. Fewer than half of Republican men (43%) say social media companies bear this responsibility, compared with 62% of Republican women. Comparable majorities of both Democratic men (73%) and Democratic women (79%) say social media companies have this responsibility.
When age is taken into account, only about a third (34%) of Republican men under 50 say social media companies have a responsibility to remove offensive content from their platforms, compared with 51% of Republican men 50 and older. Among Democrats, majorities of older and younger women and men say these companies have a responsibility to remove offensive content.
