Mark Zuckerberg: Setting rules on political ads isn't Facebook's job

Mark Zuckerberg: Setting rules on political ads isn't Facebook's job

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https://www.cnet.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-setting-rules-on-political-ads-isnt-facebooks-job/

"I think setting the rules around political advertising is not a company's job," he said in a segment that aired Thursday. "There have been plenty of rules in the past. It's just at this point they're not updated to the modern threats that we face. We need new rules."

But it's not clear, he said, that a private company ought to be making fundamental decisions about what constitutes political speech and how it should be regulated.

Mark Zuckerberg: Setting rules on political ads isn't Facebook's job

Apr 4, 2019, 3:18pm UTC
https://www.cnet.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-setting-rules-on-political-ads-isnt-facebooks-job/ > "I think setting the rules around political advertising is not a company's job," he said in a segment that aired Thursday. "There have been plenty of rules in the past. It's just at this point they're not updated to the modern threats that we face. We need new rules." > But it's not clear, he said, that a private company ought to be making fundamental decisions about what constitutes political speech and how it should be regulated.