The research involved Hope not Hate, Demos and the Antisemitism Policy Trust, among other groups. The study involved more than 1,500 people weighed to be representative of the UK public.
It identified online abuse as a key issue among the public, with 73 per cent stating that they are worried about the quantity of this content on social media.
A large majority (74 per cent) of respondents said they do not trust social media companies alone to decide what is extreme content or disinformation when it appears on their platforms. There is strong public support for stronger regulations forcing these companies to take action against harmful content, with 71 per cent agreeing they should be held legally responsible for user-generated content on their platforms and 73 per cent agreeing they should be forced to remove harmful content when it appears on their platforms.
The government’s long-awaited Online Safety Bill, which would give platforms a statutory duty...