While both Democrats and Republicans agreed that posts targeting marginalized groups like Blacks and Jews were more deserving of censorship, Democrats were more likely to support not only removing the offensive posts but also deactivating the accounts that shared them.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2402428121

From the linked article:

A recent study has uncovered a surprising level of agreement between political parties on the issue of hate speech censorship, despite widespread assumptions of partisan division. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that while Democrats generally support more censorship than Republicans, both groups tend to agree on which types of hate speech should be restricted.

Despite the perception that Democrats and Republicans are deeply divided on the issue of hate speech, the study found considerable cross-party consensus on which types of hate speech should be removed from social media platforms. Both Democrats and Republicans agreed that hate speech targeting Blacks and Jews should be censored more frequently than hate speech targeting Whites or Palestinians (though Democrats tended to support more censorship overall).

Specifically, 60.4% of participants supported removing posts targeting Blacks, while 58.6% supported removing posts targeting Jews. In contrast, 54.8% favored removing posts targeting Palestinians, and 54.6% supported removing posts targeting Whites.

Although Democrats and Republicans broadly agreed on which types of hate speech should be censored, the study revealed a significant divide in how much censorship each group supported. Democrats consistently showed stronger support for both removing posts and deactivating accounts compared to Republicans, regardless of the group being targeted by the hate speech or the severity of the language used.

For instance, while both Democrats and Republicans agreed that posts targeting marginalized groups like Blacks and Jews were more deserving of censorship, Democrats were more likely to support not only removing the offensive posts but also deactivating the accounts that shared them. This pattern held true even when less severe forms of hate speech, such as derogatory remarks without calls for violence, were involved.