Zuckerberg says there was need for more state active role in Facebook regulation

cde.news desk 31 March 2019, 06:45 · 1 min read

epa07080416 The image of CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is seen in the viewfinder of a television camera while testifying before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on 'Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 10 April 2018. Zuckerberg is testifying before two Congressional hearings this week regarding Facebook allowing third-party applications to collect the data of its users without their permission and for the company's response to Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

The Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has set out how he believes the social network and the internet should be regulated.

The firm’s founder and chief executive said there was a need for governments and regulators to have “a more active role”, according to a report in The Guardian.

Zuckerberg said he believed new regulation was needed in four areas – harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability.

In an editorial published online in the Washington Post and on his own Facebook page, Zuckerberg said: “Every day we make decisions about what speech is harmful, what constitutes political advertising, and how to prevent sophisticated cyberattacks.

Via Facebook / The Guardian

Topics Facebook Regulation