After years of fighting regulation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls for it, saying users need to feel giant social media platforms answer to someone.
, home of the European Union institutions that have crafted some of the toughest rules in recent years.
In Brussels, Zuckerberg is due to meet with EU tech czar Margrethe Vestager and other senior officials as the bloc In the op-ed, Zuckerberg said Facebook was hoping for clarity around what constituted a political ad — especially if paid for by a group not directly affiliated with a political party, such as a nongovernmental organization. Companies also need clearer lines around data ownership to enable users to move their information between services, he said.
When it comes to liability for what users post on its platform, Zuckerberg said in a media roundtable in Brussels on Monday that a different regulatory system should be created — somewhere between the rules governing newspaper publishers, who can be sued for what journalists write in their pages, and those for telecommunications companies, which aren’t liable for customer conversations.
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