Facebook, social media companies branded 'digital gangsters' by UK committee

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A Parliament report on fake news condemns Mark Zuckerberg's "contempt" toward the UK and other countries around the world.

British politicians accused Facebook of knowingly and intentionally violating data privacy and antitrust law in a damning report into fake news published late Sunday.

The report (PDF) says tech and social media companies should be forced to comply with a compulsory code of ethics overseen by an independent regulator, which should have powers to take legal action against companies breaching the code.

"Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like 'digital gangsters' in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law," the report said.

SOURCE: https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-broke...liticians/