According to a 2021 survey conducted among internet users in Canada, almost three in 10 respondents reported thinking Meta Platforms should be regulated and broken up in order to promote healthy competition. In comparison, 23 percent of respondents agreed the company should only be regulated by the government. Overall, one in five respondents stated that the company's regulations should stay as they are. Additionally, 27 percent of Canadians agreed that the company should be regulated and broken up.
Regulation of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) according to internet users in Canada as of October 2021
The original question asked survey participants if they agreed that Facebook should be "regulated by government to ensure their interactions with users adhere to certain standards and that this conglomerate should be broken up to ensure healthy competition?"
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Leger. (October 12, 2021). Regulation of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) according to internet users in Canada as of October 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317988/canada-opinions-on-regulation-of-meta/
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