Opinion on social media ban due to terrorist attacks to stop fake news in Japan 2019

According to a survey conducted by Ipsos in June 2019, more than half of Japanese respondents would support a temporary social media ban to stop the flow of fake news in the event of a terrorist attack, with around nine percent strongly agreeing to the measure. The background of the survey was a temporary social media ban by the government in Sri Lanka in April 2019 in the wake of a fatal terrorist attack.

根据益普索（Ipsos）于2019年6月进行的调查，在遭遇恐怖袭击的情况下，超过半数的日本受访者表示支持政府实施临时社交媒体禁令以阻断虚假信息的传播，其中大约九个百分点的人强烈赞同这一措施。此次调查的背景是，斯里兰卡政府在2019年4月一场致命恐怖袭击后，实施的临时社交媒体禁令。