U.S. adults on on how strictly social media platforms regulate content 2025

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Jul 30, 2025

According to a survey conducted in January 2025,

percent of adults in the United States felt that social media platforms were not strict enough when it came to regulating the content posted on their sites. Overall,

percent felt the regulation was too strict.

Adults in the United States on how severely social media platforms regulate content posted to their sites as of January 2025

Characteristic	Too strict	About right	Not strict enough	Not sure
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January 2025

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 8 to 12, 2025

Number of respondents

1,156 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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Original question: In general, do you think the way that most major social media platforms regulate the content posted to their sites is...?

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