Facebook warns of "trade-offs" with tighter regulation plans

The Irish Government needs to be aware of the “trade-offs” resulting from tighter regulation of harmful online communication, a senior Facebook official has said.

Facebook warns of "trade-offs" with tighter regulation plans

The Irish Government needs to be aware of the “trade-offs” resulting from tighter regulation of harmful online communication, a senior Facebook official has said.

The online giant's head of global policy said that a requirement on companies to take down all content that meets a certain definition with 24 hours runs the risk of not prioritising content that is particularly harmful and may have gone viral.

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