Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will propose Thursday that Congress make changes to internet regulations that will require social media platforms to have systems in place for identifying unlawful content and removing it. The suggestions, which he will roll out during a congressional hearing tomorrow, could further advantage Facebook’s dominance online.
“Platforms should not be held liable if a particular piece of content evades its detection, … but they should be required to have adequate systems in place to address unlawful content,” Zuckerberg wrote in testimony that he will give during Thursday’s House hearing on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation.”
The tech CEO’s proposal would raise the content moderation standards for social media companies that currently have liability protection for user-generated content on their platforms due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
Zuckerberg’s proposals, if made into law, could increase the tech giant’s sway over the social media market by forcing smaller rivals and startups to create complicated and expensive content moderation systems that Facebook has spent years building up.
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Facebook is, by far, the most popular social media site in the world, with the platform accounting for over 60% of all social media site visits in the United States in January of this year, according to Statista, a consumer database firm.
