All meta apps, they're used for our government's propaganda, yes.

No - just like I don't want to ban people having a conversation in a pub about a topic I don't like even if they just tell lies to each other.

If it was up to the EU we'd still believe there was no chance in the world the Corona Covid virus could have ever come from a Chinese lab and even suggesting it should have you banned from social media. Free float of ideas and let the best argument win.

You might be interested in this piece from a government funded Australian think tank about escaping the current social media environment

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/social-media-as-it-should-be/

Absolutely.

Oh lord yes!

I would not. Why? It won't fix anything. People would just switch to TikTok or Telegram or something, which is not that much better

Yes.

Please tell me what I'd lose if you turned off X, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit.

100% yes. They have shown time and time again to do whatever the fuck they like with no regard to laws.

I am American so I can't really answer but what would count as American social media?

I feel like it would be most large social network sites and an unpredictable amount of smaller ones

I'd support one in America lol

Yes. (EU)

EUian here. I tend to say no, with a big "but" (insert Sir Mix-a-Lot joke here): I would expect legislation to govern effective content moderation by the platforms. No cutting corners to save money.

I'm from the US and live in Japan and I'd still support it. I don't think it's the solution, but putting all the big ones in time out would at least allow competition and allow finding means to address the real issues (paradox of intolerance, balancing free speech with some way to handle disinformation and the like, and probably more I'm not thinking of).

I'd rather see their methods of profit be made illegal. Not all at once. Let them try to find loopholes and other unethical ways of making obscene amounts of money, and make those illegal too.

Maybe they can switch to a paid model out of necessity, and then they wouldn't be quite as omnipresent.

Instant yes.

Disclaimer: I am American, but just want to point out the problem with any proposed censorship:

So y'all know VPNs exist right?

Like, look at the red states here in the US, they just bypass the "Age Verification" with VPNs.

So what's the point?

Are y'all banning VPNs too?

Doesn't that feel similar to umm...

People's Republic of China and the "Great Firewall"?

Are y'all sure that's the future y'all wanna have?

Why would I do that?

I don't know, but I really would like to see country specific social media.