The article talks about how social media platforms and giants such as Google, Facebook are set to be questioned by the CMS committee as part of an ongoing inquiry and review launched by the BBC. It is suggested by the committee that many of the complaints and reports sent by users are not dealt with properly. Out of 100 images or posts flagged on Facebook, only about 18 of them get removed or even dealt with. This raises concerns amongst people that the social media platforms do not have enough regulations in place to counter fake news.
- Damian Collins, chair of the culture, media and sport (CMS) committee, said Facebook’s failure to remove all the images reported, as part of a BBC investigation this week, was “disturbing” and suggested its complaints systems were inadequate.
- “If you place a press ad, the editor is responsible for the content. The newspaper accepts responsibility for the content it prints. Why shouldn’t these rules apply to social media as well? Facebook is the principal paid-for tool for political communication.”
- “Facebook was in breach of its own community policy,” he said of its decision to remove just 18 of 100 images flagged by a BBC reporter.
- Google and Facebook are expected to be questioned by Collins and the CMS committee as part of its inquiry into fake news this spring.
I personally think this is a very dangerous stage when it comes to the fake news war. It is no doubt that the digital media has been a direct killer of the press and traditional platforms. This entire scenario has nothing to do with fake news at all, traditional platform institution owners are going to try to seize this opportunity to regulate digital media as much as they can in order to further own agenda of boosting their own profits and hopefully creating some kind of boom back into traditional platforms.
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