U.S. opinion on penalties for sharing COVID-19 misinformation on social media 2021
A July 2021 survey of online adults in the United States found that most than half of respondents felt that users sharing misinformation about the coronavirus should be penalized by social media platforms. In total, 41 percent of respondents were in favor of temporarily suspending users who shared false information regarding COVID-19 from social media platforms. In contrast, survey respondents were