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Facebook yesterday said it is willing to face “meaningful regulation” after UK lawmakers accused the company of acting like a “digital gangster” that has knowingly violated laws and helped spread Russian misinformation during elections.
A House of Commons committee that oversees media policy chastised Facebook in a report on “disinformation and ‘fake news.'”
“Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like ‘digital gangsters’ in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law,” the report said.
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Source: Ars Technica – Facebook is a law-breaking “digital gangster,” UK government report says