Facebook needs independent ethical oversight: UK lawmakers 0 SHARES Share it! “The rights of the citizen need to be established in statute, by requiring the tech companies to adhere to a code of conduct written into law by Parliament, and overseen by an independent regulator,” he said. “We believe that in its evidence to the committee Facebook has often deliberately sought to frustrate our work, by giving incomplete, disingenuous and at times misleading answers to our questions,” Collins said. Democracy was at risk from the malicious and relentless targeting of citizens with disinformation and personalized adverts from unidentifiable sources, they said, and social media platforms were failing to act against harmful content and respect the privacy of users. Companies like Facebook were also using their size to bully smaller firms that relied on social media platforms to reach customers, it added.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 18, 2019 01:58 UTC