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As the world’s most popular social media network<\/a>, Facebook has found itself tasked with ensuring the internet remains a safe place for billions of people — a task it’s failed at with seemingly<\/a> increasing<\/a> frequency<\/a>.<\/p> Now, the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is asking governments and regulators to step up and share some of that responsibility for keeping their citizens safe online.<\/p> “I believe we need a more active role for governments and regulators,” Zuckerberg wrote in a Saturday op-ed in The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>. “By updating the rules for the Internet, we can preserve what’s best about it — the freedom for people to express themselves and for entrepreneurs to build new things — while also protecting society from broader harms.”<\/p> In WaPo<\/em>, Zuckerberg detailed the four areas of the internet he believes are most in need of new regulations: harmful content, election integrity, privacy, and data portability.<\/p> He notes Facebook’s own efforts to address those areas while also citing the need for new standards and regulations related to them — ideally ones that transcend national borders.<\/p> “The rules governing the Internet allowed a generation of entrepreneurs to build services that changed the world and created a lot of value in people’s lives,” Zuckerberg wrote. “It’s time to update these rules to define clear responsibilities for people, companies and governments going forward.”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas.<\/a> [The Washington Post<\/em>]<\/p> More on Facebook: <\/strong>Facebook Stored “Hundreds of Millions” of Passwords as Plain Text<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Mark Zuckerberg Asks Governments for “New Rules” for the Internet<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more: Step Up As the world\u2019s most popular social media network , Facebook has found itself tasked with ensuring the internet remains a safe place for billions of people \u2014 a task it\u2019s failed at with seemingly increasing frequency . Now, the company\u2019s\u00a0founder and CEO\u00a0Mark Zuckerberg is asking governments and regulators to step up and share some of that responsibility for keeping their citizens safe online. \u201cI believe we need a more active role for governments and regulators,\u201d Zuckerberg wrote in a\u00a0 Saturday op-ed in The Washington Post . Continue reading Law Abiding Netizen<\/h2>
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