Partisan consensus and divisions on content moderation of misinformation

Debates on how tech companies ought to oversee the circulation of content on their platforms are increasingly pressing. In the U.S., questions surrounding what, if any, action should be taken by social media companies to moderate harmfully misleading content on topics such as vaccine safety and election integrity are now being hashed out from corporate boardrooms to federal courtrooms. But where does the American public stand on these issues? Here we discuss the findings of a recent nationally representative poll of Americans’ views on content moderation of harmfully misleading content.