Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, is calling for more regulations to be imposed on Facebook after Cambridge Analytica was able to access private data through Facebook’s misuse of users’ personal information.
When asked on Thursday if he thought it was time for more regulation, Stewart said, “Yeah, I actually think it probably is.”
“There’s three things we know,” Stewart continued. “These companies gather our private information and they monetize it. We also know that political campaigns gather that private information, or buy that private information and they use it to move voters. And the third thing we know is that our adversaries use that information to divide us. They use social media to make us fight with each other and also to move voters.”
The congressman added that social media companies must be transparent and ethical, which might mean it’s time for government to be more aggressive in an oversight role.
Does Rep. Chris Stewart think it’s time for more regulation when it comes to Facebook?
“Yeah, I actually think it probably is,” he says. “These companies gather our private information and they monetize it.” https://t.co/uak5X5Oymq pic.twitter.com/g129eBcJvR
— New Day (@NewDay) March 22, 2018
Thousands of Facebook users have decided to delete their accounts after finding out their personal information was at risk of being used in unanticipated ways if they remained active on the social media site.
