No Overwhelming Support for More Online Regulation, Poll Finds

Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey also shows extensive reach of tech into Americans’ lives

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was questioned for almost 10 hours by senators and representatives over the company's privacy policies. Here are some of the important moments. Photo: EPA/AFP

Congress has held high-profile hearings on Facebook and is debating new regulation of social media companies, but a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that Americans have only a limited appetite for new government oversight of social media companies.

Some 37% of people in the new survey said social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are not regulated enough, while the same share said the sites have the right amount of government regulation, and 14% said there was too much regulation.

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