88% Indians Would Supports Blanket Ban On Social Media During Crisis

Saanvi Araav - Sep 07, 2019

Most Indians support the government temporarily shut down on social media during the time of crisis to prevent fake news.

An international market research company called Ipsos recently has conducted a survey of 28 different markets. This survey is to see people's opinions about the government shut down on social network platforms.

And according to this Ipsos survey, during a crisis, Up to 88% of surveyed Indians would support a blanket ban on social network platforms.

Social-Media — During a crisis, more Indians would support a blanket ban on social network platforms.

Other markets which strongly support the temporary shut down are Britain (69%), China (72%), Saudi Arabia (73%), Malaysia (75%). Markets who least favor of this shut down on social network platforms are Japan (50%), Serbia (49%), and Argentina (47%).

Most Indians support temporary shut down during crisis

The majority of Indians said that they favor a temporary ban on social network platforms during the time of crisis to stop the spreading of fake news.

Parijat Chakraborty (Public Affairs of Ipsos, Service Line Leader in India, Customer Experience and Corporate Reputation) has commented on this matter. He said that social network platforms could contribute to the spread of false rumors and make the situation worse with all of that unfettered conversations on those platforms. He said temporarily banning them in time of crisis until the situation has been normalized is a good decision.

blocked-social-media — Up to 80% of surveyed Indians think that their government knows what they are doing when shutting down social network platforms.

Up to 80% of surveyed Indians think that their government knows what they are doing when shutting down social network platforms. Plus 61% of Indians believes social network companies would control the information flow and share the correct content, during a crisis.

Survey group

Ipsos has conducted this survey from the 24th of May to the 7th of June this year. An international survey group of 19,823 adults in Canada, Turkey, South Africa, and the US from 18-74 years old took part in the survey. In other countries, the participants are from 16 to 74 years old, according to Ipsos.