MOST AMERICANS WANT SOCIAL MEDIA LEGISLATION

A majority of Americans believe that lawmakers should pass legislation governing how social media companies police content posted on their platforms, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill.

Some 54 percent of respondents want elected officials to spell out in the law how and when to restrict or remove content from social media sites, like Twitter and Facebook, as well as what kind of content is deemed appropriate.

By contrast, a large minority of respondents — 46 percent — are in favor of allowing those companies to set their own rules for determining the kind of content that is suitable for their platforms.

The debate over social media power has ramped up after Facebook and Twitter took action to ban President Trump from their platforms after the riot at the Capitol.