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Public opinion on censorship

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Every answer received, unweighted and un-post-stratified. This is a tally, not a published estimate.

A · People should be free to say hurtful things without the state stepping in.

B · The state should stop speech that puts down small groups.

41% A · 25% neither · 34% B · n = 3904

A · Parents, not the state, should decide what children see online.

B · Children under 16 should be kept off social media by law.

34% A · 29% neither · 37% B · n = 1733

A · Each country should set its own rules for the internet.

B · The internet needs one set of rules for everyone.

47% A · 24% neither · 28% B · n = 1687

By nation

2 nations above the reporting threshold.