Privacy advocates say Facebook CEO should not be able to make the rules
Washington — Mark Zuckerberg’s call for stepped-up government oversight of the internet met a sceptical response from privacy advocates and other critics who are frustrated with Facebook’s repeated missteps and say that its billionaire CEO should not be able to make the rules.
Roger McNamee, an early Facebook investor who is now one of the company’s loudest critics, said in an interview that Zuckerberg’s proposal “would mostly absolve it of responsibility without addressing the underlying causes of election interference, hate speech, disinformation and the various privacy challenges that have emerged”.Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
They would very much like for people to stop being mad at them, and they’re willing to sacrifice any principle and make any compromise to make that happenNick Clegg, Facebook’s head of global affairs, told Bloomberg in an interview on Sunday that regulators globally should agree on common standards to avoid a patchwork of regulations that can create a compliance minefield for international companies.
Blumenthal suggested Facebook is looking for a win-win. The company is inviting “a large and complicated regulatory regime” that would mollify angry policy-makers, but ultimately protect the company’s market position by overwhelming upstart competitors, he said.
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