Pool via Getty ImagesOther social media companies are also struggling to police bad actors. If social media companies can’t, or won’t, curb their own worst impulses, the ultimate, urgent answer is federal regulation. That includes a federal data privacy law of the sort being pushed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), as well as more conventional antitrust legislation championed by Sens. “Congress must pass strong federal privacy legislation in 2022.”Wyden continued making the case for legislation at a news conference this week. In order to protect the integrity of the future elections, lawmakers must disarm Facebook’s data weapon by regulating surveillance, not speech.”

Source: Huffington Post January 07, 2022 20:16 UTC