Facebook ‘digital gangsters’ who spread fake news: British MPs


FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is placed on broken glass above a printed EU flag in this illustration taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

LONDON: A scathing British parliamentary report on Feb 18 branded Facebook “digital gangsters” who failed to fight the spread of fake news and violated data privacy. 

Lawmakers’ 18-month investigation into technology companies and disinformation also accused the world’s largest social media platform of trying to hide the extent of Russian interference in foreign elections. 

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