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Facebook faces increased scrutiny from regulators over privacy issues, including the unauthorized use of user data and its role in manipulating elections. Questions have been raised about Facebook's privacy practices, data sharing with third parties, and ability to curb misinformation on the platform. Facebook executives testified at congressional hearings to address concerns around these issues and how to make improvements.

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Facebook faces increased scrutiny from regulators over privacy issues, including the unauthorized use of user data and its role in manipulating elections. Questions have been raised about Facebook's privacy practices, data sharing with third parties, and ability to curb misinformation on the platform. Facebook executives testified at congressional hearings to address concerns around these issues and how to make improvements.

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Facebook faces the

regulators

GROUP 05
KUMAR NATARAJ 20PGP100
MAYANK TIWARI 20PGP114
HANSHUL JHANGINIA 20PGP166
RIBHU DUBEY 20PGP171
SAURABH SINGH 20PGP193
WHY HAVE MARK ZUCKERBERG AND FACEBOOK SUDDENLY COME UNDER SUCH INTENSE
POLITICAL SCRUTINY?

WHAT? WHY?

Facebook leadership The following reasons


team was called to a were behind the political
congressional hearing on scrutiny of Facebook.
following accounts • Unauthorised use of
• Privacy of citizens user data
• Unauthorised use of Facebook (now Meta) is a Social networking • Suspicious anti-
user data website and is an American multinational competition strategy
• Role of Facebook in technology conglomerate holding company based • Manipulating votes (US
manipulating US in Menlo Park, California. election) through
elections targeting individual and
groups
• Tsunami of fake news
and misinformation
HOW
?
Facebook is taking following steps to counter the privacy, data and fake news issues
• Team to scrouge through FB data base to remove misinformation and fake accounts
• Setting up an independent content review board.
HAS THE COMPANY DONE ANYTHING WRONG?

The following were the issues with Facebook that were


highlighted during the 2016 election:
 Facebook is a monopoly with too much power and
setting up regulations to effectively govern it is difficult
 Facebook must take the responsibility of all the content
that is being posted onto its site, specifically the fake
news that was propagated during the 2016 elections
that led to influencing its users to vote for Trump
 The political advertising sponsored by Russia must have
been disallowed like its competitor Twitter
 The combination of human intervention along with
Artificial intelligence was not sufficient to stop the
policing of fake posts and these measures had to be
strengthened after filter bubbles of advertisements
heavily influenced the voting decisions
 Unauthorized use of user's data was allowed during this
The following are the steps Facebook must take as
WHAT SHOULD a response measure:
THEY DO IN  Discontinue political advertising from its platforms
completely
RESPONSE TO
Providing users with an opt out option where they
THE CRITICISM

give the power to the users whether they should
THEY ARE share their data with third party partners or not.
Setting stricter regulations, while going in
CURRENTLY 
partnerships with firms like Cambridge Analytica.
FACING?  Starting a #Trust campaign which emphasis on
how serious Facebook is towards the data
privacy and trust its user have on them
 Facebook should be more forthcoming with
regulators, users and advertisers overall.

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