CEO’s policy gambit is likely to inflame the debate in Washington over how to rein in social media companies
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Picture: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
Zuckerberg’s proposal over the weekend for government regulation of four broad areas — harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability — emerged as Facebook and other social media companies confront a crescendo of bipartisan criticism. Among other things, they are accused of exploiting personal data, allowing election meddling on their platforms and being slow to address online violence and hate speech.
Facebook is fighting multiple investigations around the globe, many of which were launched in 2018 in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, when it was revealed that the political consultancy with ties to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign had obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent.
“There’s good regulation and there’s bad regulation,” said Clegg, a former UK deputy prime minister. “There’s sensible regulation and there’s unwelcome regulation.” Brendan Carr, a Republican commissioner on the federal communications commission, tweeted that he was a “no” on Zuckerberg’s plan. “Outsourcing censorship to the government is not just a bad idea, it would violate the First Amendment,” Carr said.
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