Poll: 52% of US voters support shutting down social media platforms for the week of the election, with 62% not confident platforms can stop election misinfo
Ashley Gold / Axios : Tweets: @niemanlab , @accountabletech , and @tayhatmaker Tweets: @niemanlab : 62% of the 1,000 registered voters surveyed said they aren't confident social media companies can prevent election-related misinformation. 91% think social media companies should do more to prevent the spread. https://www.axios.com/... @accountabletech : Our new survey is in @axios with some remarkable findings, most notably: -52% of voters support shutting down social media altogether for the week of the election. -91% think platforms should do more to prevent election misinformation from spreading. https://www.axios.com/... Taylor Hatmaker / @tayhatmaker : Instagram and Twitter are testing pop-ups to change user behavior around stuff like harassment and misinformation. those tests look promising but how much friction will social media companies be willing to introduce to clean their platforms up? https://techcrunch.com/...