Most Americans support censoring hate speech on social media: Poll

Republicans were less likely to support censorship of conspiracy theories or misinformation than Democrats were.

YouGov conducted the poll after Ye's suspension, and the results showed bipartisan support when it comes to social media sites monitoring and restricting certain content. Republicans and Democrats tended to both believe that social media sites were responsible for preventing users from harassing others on the site and from posting hate speech.

Americans were asked on whether accounts should be suspended if posts included violent content, content that promotes racial division, antisemitic content, hate speech and disinformation. At least 80 percent of Democrats supported suspending an account violating each of the five cases, but Republican numbers were lower.

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