Facebook ‘knowingly’ violated data privacy laws —British lawmakers (Punch)

British lawmakers on Monday accused Facebook of “intentionally and knowingly” violating data privacy and anti-competition laws as they called for social media companies to assume clear legal liabilities for content shared on their platforms.

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company.

“Social media companies cannot hide behind the claim of being merely a platform.

“It cannot maintain that they have no responsibility themselves in regulating the content of their sites,’’ a major report by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee released on Monday. Read more

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