According to a May 2022 survey conducted in the United States, only 29 percent of alternative social media news consumers thought that tech companies should take steps to restrict offensive content even if it limited freedom of speech, whilst 70 percent favored the protection of free speech. Overall, 45 percent of the of the general population felt tech companies should restrict offensive content even if it limited freedom of speech.
Share of alternative social media news consumers who favor freedom of speech over safeguards against offensive content in the United States as of May 2022
Characteristic
Alternative social media news consumers
All U.S. adults
Tech companies should take steps to restrict it even if it limits freedom of information
29%
45%
Freedom of information should be protected, even if it means this content can be published
'Alternative social media news consumers' are adults who report regularly getting news on at least one of the following social media sites: BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram, Truth Social
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Pew Research Center. (October 6, 2022). Share of alternative social media news consumers who favor freedom of speech over safeguards against offensive content in the United States as of May 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359200/us-alt-social-media-news-consumers-freedom-of-speech-offensive-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of alternative social media news consumers who favor freedom of speech over safeguards against offensive content in the United States as of May 2022." Chart. October 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359200/us-alt-social-media-news-consumers-freedom-of-speech-offensive-content/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Share of alternative social media news consumers who favor freedom of speech over safeguards against offensive content in the United States as of May 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359200/us-alt-social-media-news-consumers-freedom-of-speech-offensive-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Alternative Social Media News Consumers Who Favor Freedom of Speech over Safeguards against Offensive Content in The United States as of May 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359200/us-alt-social-media-news-consumers-freedom-of-speech-offensive-content/
Pew Research Center, Share of alternative social media news consumers who favor freedom of speech over safeguards against offensive content in the United States as of May 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359200/us-alt-social-media-news-consumers-freedom-of-speech-offensive-content/ (last visited March 11, 2025)
Share of alternative social media news consumers who favor freedom of speech over safeguards against offensive content in the United States as of May 2022 [Graph], Pew Research Center, October 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359200/us-alt-social-media-news-consumers-freedom-of-speech-offensive-content/
