New Zealand's privacy commissioner has described Facebook as 'morally bankrupt' and suggested his country follow Australia by making laws that could jail executives over streamed violence such as the Christchurch shootings.
New Zealand's official privacy watchdog on Monday described Facebook as"morally bankrupt" and suggested his country follow neighboring Australia's lead by making laws that could jail executives over streamed violence such as the Christchurch mosque shootings.
"Facebook cannot be trusted. They are morally bankrupt pathological liars who enable genocide , facilitate foreign undermining of democratic institutions," Edwards posted on Twitter. "We are deeply committed to strengthening our policies, improving our technology and working with experts to keep Facebook safe," the statement said.Edwards, who is tasked with protecting New Zealanders' personal information according to the country's Privacy Act, said that governments needed to come together and"force the platforms to find a solution" to the problem of livestreaming of atrocities like the Christchurch slayings as well as suicides and rapes.
His office said the privacy commissioner had taken to making his criticism of Facebook about its lack of livestreaming safeguards public"because he has few other options". The Australian Parliament on Thursday passed some of the most restrictive laws about online communication in the democratic world.
New Zealand's Justice Minister Andrew Little said last week his government had also made a commitment to review the role of social media and the obligations of the companies that provide the platforms. He said he had asked officials to look at the effectiveness of current hate speech laws and whether there were gaps that need to be filled.
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