Facebook fears regulators’ competing demands for privacy, transparency

Facebook is in favour of more regulation but is concerned that platforms could be forced in “diametrically opposed directions” in terms of privacy and transparency requirements, Nick Clegg, the platform’s vice president for global affairs, has said. EURACTIV France reports.

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