The tech industry “needs regulation” because it should not be left to make the rules on issues including harmful online content on its own, a Facebook executive has said.
Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice-president of content policy, believes that “government regulation can establish standards all companies should meet”.
Her comments come as tech companies and some of their staunchest critics head to parliament this week to talk about new rules to deal with harmful content online.
Among those who will testify before MPs and peers is Frances Haugen, a former project manager at Facebook who leaked tens of thousands of internal documents.
The documents include allegations that the social media juggernaut knew its products were damaging teenagers’
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