President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini leaves after a meeting with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella on the first day of consultations of political parties, representants of the parliament and of the Senate to work on a new cross-party coalition government, on December 8, 2016 at the Quirinale palace in Rome. President Sergio Mattarella was working today through the Feast of the Immaculate Conception public holiday, preparing for 48 hours of consultations aimed at brokering a deal on what follows the resignation of Italy's youngest premier Matte Renzi after two years and 289 days in office. / AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI
ROME: Facebook must do much more to stamp out hate speech on its site, the president of Italy's lower house of parliament said, warning that rising abuse on various social media was being fuelled by fake news.
Laura Boldrini, herself often the focus of sexist insults and online threats, complained to Facebook managers in November about hate speech on the social network and put forward several proposals on ways to deal with the problem.
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