Mark Zuckerberg actually calls for regulation of content, elections, privacy

Mark Zuckerberg actually calls for regulation of content, elections, privacy

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/30/mark-zuckerberg-actually-calls-for-regulation-around-content-elections-privacy/

It’s been a busy day for Facebook exec op-eds. Earlier this morning, Sheryl Sandberg broke the site’s silence around the Christchurch massacre, and now Mark Zuckerberg is calling on governments and other bodies to increase regulation around the sorts of data Facebook traffics in. He’s hoping to get out in front of heavy-handed regulation and get a seat at the table shaping it.

The founder published a letter simultaneously on his own page and The Washington Post, the latter of which is an ideal way to get your sentiments on every desk inside the beltway. In the wake a couple of years that have come with black eyes and growing pains, Zuckerberg notes that if he had it to do over again, he’d ask for increased external scrutiny in four key areas: