Three in five Americans favour stronger oversight of social media companies: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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.