This requires courts to strike down laws that impede the ability of social media platforms to regulate the content on their services.
Stephen Dennett, Washington
The author is a former product manager at AOL and Prodigy.
Whether or not the Supreme Court allows states to stop social media platforms from removing offensive posts, the importance of the impending ruling on social media cannot be overstated.
According to the latest Harris Poll findings, social media is the primary source of information for one in five adults today and nearly half of Gen Z. Only local news media (23 percent) and national news media (34 percent) receive more frequent attention from the public. Still, social media is distrusted by more than half of all Americans, and at least two-thirds find news organizations trustworthy.
The credibility gap can be attributed to the way each sector operates. Virtually anyone can share almost anything on his Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, etc., although platforms are accused of censorship if they remove content. News sites, on the other hand, are in the habit of vetting content before publishing, including letters to news sites. Editor.
The author is the chief executive of Harris Poll.