Facebook Papers are a ‘call to arms’ over pressing need to regulate: MPs
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"It is past time for stronger platform governance and it is past time for greater accountability," said Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith about the Facebook Papers.
The Facebook Papers make clear the pressing need for governments around the world to crack down and put meaningful regulations on the social media giant, say two Canadian MPs who are part of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation.
That committee is preparing to hear from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen during a meeting next month in Brussels, Belgium. The two Canadian MPs spoke with Global News Monday about what they are taking away from the revelations in the Facebook Papers.
In short? The time to act is now, they say.
“It is past time for stronger platform governance and it is past time for greater accountability,” said Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith.
“I think it’s a call to arms for public rules.”
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On Monday morning, 17 American news organizations began publishing a series of articles that paint a damning portrait of Facebook’s internal operations with regards to how it manages and reviews content.
The articles are based on thousands of pages of internal company documents obtained by Haugen, a whistleblower who was formerly a product manager at the social media giant.
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