How Congress could regulate Facebook vs. how Mark Zuckerberg wants to do it himself

How Congress could regulate Facebook vs. how Mark Zuckerberg wants to do it himself

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https://qz.com/1085176/facebooks-russian-political-ads-senators-klobuchar-and-warner-want-regulation-but-zuckerberg-has-his-own-proposals/

The push to regulate Facebook is on in earnest in Washington, DC.

Two Senate Democrats are circulating a letter on Capitol Hill, hoping to drum up support for a bill that would make the social-media giant disclose more information about who is buying political ads on its platform and whom those ads target. Quartz has seen a copy of the letter, dated Sept. 21 and signed by Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Mark Warner of Virginia. “Facebook now seems to realize there is a major gap in transparency and accountability for digital ads,” it reads. A spokesperson for Facebook said that the company is “open to reviewing any specific congressional proposals.”

How Congress could regulate Facebook vs. how Mark Zuckerberg wants to do it himself

Sep 22, 2017, 8:18pm UTC
https://qz.com/1085176/facebooks-russian-political-ads-senators-klobuchar-and-warner-want-regulation-but-zuckerberg-has-his-own-proposals/ >The push to regulate Facebook is on in earnest in Washington, DC. >Two Senate Democrats are circulating a letter on Capitol Hill, hoping to drum up support for a bill that would make the social-media giant disclose more information about who is buying political ads on its platform and whom those ads target. Quartz has seen a copy of the letter, dated Sept. 21 and signed by Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Mark Warner of Virginia. “Facebook now seems to realize there is a major gap in transparency and accountability for digital ads,” it reads. A spokesperson for Facebook said that the company is “open to reviewing any specific congressional proposals.”