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华盛顿8月9日路透电 — 路透社/益普索的一项民调显示，两党多数美国人支持政府出台更多规定，规范社交媒体公司的运营方式，其中包括要求使用年龄验证工具，防止低龄儿童使用社交媒体。
此次民调于8月3日结束的六天内开展，此时正值Meta平台和谷歌旗下YouTube等公司因对待青少年用户的方式面临越来越大的法律压力。一场针对Meta的诉讼预计将于周三开庭，州检察官指控Meta设计其产品以引诱青少年用户成瘾。
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Meta否认相关指控，并表示如果州政府胜诉，公司可能面临高达1.4万亿美元的罚款。新墨西哥州一家法院周四另案裁定，Meta需向青少年心理健康基金支付5.67亿美元，并修改其平台针对青少年用户的运营方式，此前法院认定该公司对儿童福祉造成了伤害。
科技公司也正受到美国各地议员越来越多的审查，原因是它们对青少年造成的影响。已有十多个州通过了规范未成年人使用社交媒体的法律，称此举旨在加强青少年的网络安全。由Meta、TikTok和Snap等社交媒体巨头支持的行业组织NetChoice已提起诉讼，试图阻止要求应用程序验证用户年龄的法律，该组织辩称此类法律违反了言论自由保护条款。
约61%的民调受访者——包括71%的民主党人和62%的共和党人——认为社交媒体公司需要更严格的监管。无党派人士的支持率较低，其中许多人表示不确定自己的立场。
民调还发现，66%的人支持要求社交媒体公司使用年龄验证工具，阻止16岁以下儿童使用其平台。共和党人的支持率最高，达74%，民主党人的支持率为69%。
“总得有人出面管管”
来自田纳西州的60岁机械工程师詹姆斯·博瑟德曾在2024年大选中投票给共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普，他表示自己总体上希望美国政府减少对美国人生活的干预，但打击社交媒体公司是个例外。
“总得有人出面管管，”他在谈及针对儿童使用社交媒体设置限制时说道，“这应该是政府的工作吗？我不希望如此，但或许这确实应该是。”
美国国会迄今尚未通过旨在保护儿童使用社交媒体的立法。
路透社/益普索的民调发现，绝大多数美国人——85%——认为社交媒体会让儿童上瘾，类似比例的人认为使用社交媒体会损害儿童的心理健康。34岁的华盛顿特区居民克里斯托弗·陈曾在2024年大选中投票给特朗普的民主党对手卡玛拉·哈里斯，他表示社交媒体公司对青少年的影响过大，并称这些科技公司对用户在应用程序上看到的内容拥有过多控制权。
“我不知道监管会是什么样子，但政府必须采取措施保护民众，”陈说道。
73岁的宝拉·迪克表示，社交媒体公司可以做得更好，阻止儿童接触不当内容，还应加强对这些应用程序的政府监管。迪克住在堪萨斯州，2024年大选时投票给了特朗普，她说自己照看孙辈时不允许他们使用YouTube，但孙辈们总能找到办法绕过限制。
“他们能绕过父母在手机上设置的屏蔽，”她说，“在这方面他们相当聪明。”
用户仍青睐社交媒体
但美国人也表示他们非常喜欢社交媒体，70%的人认为在这些平台上花费的时间很有趣，只有35%的人表示使用社交媒体让他们感到压力。对于是否在社交媒体上花费过多时间，民众意见不一：52%的人表示他们每天在社交媒体上花费的时间过多，43%的人表示并非如此。
路透社/益普索的民调通过线上方式开展，共调查了4505名美国成年人，误差幅度为正负2个百分点。
杰森·兰格和考特尼·罗森报道；斯科特·马龙和迪帕·巴宾顿编辑
Three in five Americans favor stronger oversight of social media companies, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
2026-08-09T10:04:08.35Z / Reuters
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WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The poll, which was conducted over the six days ending August 3, comes as companies like Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube face mounting legal pressure over their treatment of young users. A trial is expected to begin on Wednesday over allegations by state prosecutors that Meta designed its products to addict young users.
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Meta, which denies the allegations, says it could face up to $1.4 trillion in penalties if the states prevail. A New Mexico state court on Thursday separately ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and change how its platforms function for young users, after finding the company is to blame for harming children’s wellbeing.
Tech companies are also under increasing scrutiny by lawmakers across the U.S. for their effect on youth. More than a dozen states have passed laws regulating minors’ social media access, saying it is needed to bolster their safety online. NetChoice, a trade group backed by social media giants such as Meta, TikTok and Snap, has sued to stop laws requiring apps verify the ages of their users. It argues such laws violate free speech protections.
Some 61% of poll respondents – including 71% of Democrats and 62% of Republicans – said social media companies need firmer oversight. Support among independents was lower as many of them said they were unsure where they stood.
The poll also found 66% support laws that would require social media companies use age-verification tools to keep children under age 16 from accessing their platforms. Support was highest among Republicans, with 74% backing the idea, compared to 69% of Democrats.
‘SOMEBODY’S GOT TO DO IT’
James Bosserdet, a 60-year-old mechanical engineer from Tennessee who voted for Republican President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, said he mostly wants the U.S. government to have a smaller role in Americans’ lives, but that cracking down on social media companies is an exception.
“Somebody’s got to do it,” he said, referring to setting restrictions on social media for kids. “Is it the government’s job? I don’t want it to be. I think maybe it should be.”
The U.S. Congress has so far not passed legislation aimed at protecting kids on social media.
An overwhelming majority of Americans – 85% – think social media can be addictive for children, and a similar share think its use can be harmful for their mental health, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Washington, D.C., resident Christopher Chen, 34, said he thinks social media companies have an outsized influence on teens, adding that the tech firms have too much control over what their users see on their apps.
“I don’t know what the regulation looks like, but something needs to be done by the government to protect the people,” said Chen, who voted for Trump’s 2024 Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris.
Paula Dick, 73, said social media companies could do a better job keeping kids away from inappropriate content, adding that there should be more government oversight of the apps they use. Dick said she doesn’t allow her grandchildren to use YouTube when she watches them, but they have found ways to access it anyway. Dick, who lives in Kansas, voted for Trump in 2024.
“They have workarounds to get around blocks that their parents have put on their phones,” she said. “They’re pretty intelligent when it comes to that.”
USERS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA
But Americans also say they like social media a lot, with 70% saying their time spent on the platforms is fun, while only 35% say it stressed them out. People are split on whether they are overdoing it, with 52% saying they spend too much time every day on social media, and 43% saying that’s not the case.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll, which was conducted online, surveyed 4,505 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of 2 percentage points in either direction.
Reporting by Jason Lange and Courtney Rozen; editing by Scott Malone and Deepa Babington
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