Calls for a Facebook Crackdown Increase After Damning NYT Report

'Facebook cannot be trusted to regulate itself,' congressman says

In the wake of a New York Times report detailing Facebook’s public and private actions in the face of crises related to Russian disinformation, Cambridge Analytica and government scrutiny, some lawmakers are again indicating they plan to take action against the social media giant and its tactics.

The damning report, which detailed the ways in which Facebook tried to downplay concerns over Russian disinformation, blunt legislative inquiries and redirect criticism to other tech companies, has landed amid various efforts on the part of lawmakers to draft federal privacy regulations, address disinformation campaigns on the platform and require greater transparency regarding political ad spending on social media.

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