The chief executive of Facebook has said he cannot give a guarantee that the company will be able to stop its platforms being used by malicious actors trying to influence the outcome of the European Elections.
Mr Zuckerberg said Facebook had grown a lot better at dealing with the issue since the controversial US Presidential Elections in 2016. He said either way Facebook is going to have responsibility for making sure it polices harmful content and gets it off its services. Asked why the firm cannot use its technology expertise and data insights to stop children like Molly Russell from accessing harmful content, he said the social network is building systems to be more proactive.
"We are doing it not just for terrorism, but for hate speech, bullying, issues around child safety, incitement to violence, election interference, all these really important issues," he said. He said he had spent most of the last few years trying to address a lot of issues the company is facing, including policing harmful content, upholding election integrity and ensuring strong data privacy.But he said there are some areas, especially around content, where it is not clear that Facebook should be making these decisions itself, or that any private company should be making such decisions.
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