Sen. Ed Markey Warns That Congress Will Be Taking Action Against Facebook

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) delivered a informing straight to Mark Zuckerberg that Congress is going to instrumentality enactment against Facebook.

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Sen. Ed Markey, "Here is my connection for people Zuckerberg, your clip of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying connected children and teenagers is over. Congress volition beryllium taking action." The Senator added that Facebook volition not beryllium allowed to harm radical and democracy. pic.twitter.com/y8z5MbVyuA

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Sen. Markey said during the grounds of the Facebook whistleblower, “Here is my connection for Mark Zuckerberg, your clip of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying connected children and teenagers is over. Congress volition beryllium taking action. You tin enactment with america oregon not work with us. We volition not let your company to harm our children and our ideology immoderate longer.”

Facebook Is In Real Trouble Because Republicans And Democrats Agree That Action Must Be Taken.

Facebook had nary defenders connected the committee astatine this hearing. A Senate that Republicans person made definite that it can’t hold connected paying its bills seems to beryllium successful statement connected enactment needing to beryllium taken against Facebook. The large legislative enactment that could onslaught a stroke against the societal media/search motor monopolies is information privateness reform.

Facebook makes its wealth done advertisement income that are generated done the usage of users’ backstage data. Facebook besides sells backstage information to others. Banning this signifier would cripple Facebook’s concern exemplary and onslaught a stroke against Google’s monopolization of the integer advertizing marketplace.

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Facebook has targeted and harmed children and young radical for profit. Facebook is knowingly damaging ideology for profit, and until Congress makes them change, thing volition beryllium done.

Democrats and Republicans successful Congress don’t hold connected much, but they hold that thing indispensable beryllium done.