“It’s not for private companies, however big or small, to come up with those rules. It is for democratic politicians in the democratic world to do so,” Clegg told the BBC. At the same time, companies such as Facebook should play a “mature role” in advocating regulation, he told the BBC. Britain has said it will make social media bosses personally liable for harmful content and shut down offending platforms under a “world-leading” government plan. Coming in for heavy criticism over the past year, Facebook has instituted changes, particularly on privacy and the transparency of political campaign ads.

Source: Punch June 24, 2019 08:26 UTC