Under the pressure of various quarters on its data and privacy policies, social media is reversing its long term status of not being a huge Facebook publisher.
According to an article from The Guardian newspaper this week, Facebook's lawyers presented a different message from a message that the officials did in front of the American Congress, in interviews and public speeches, because they argued against the lawsuit in the California courtroom. Had given. Redwood City on Monday. Facebook, he repeatedly argued, is a publisher and a company that makes editorial decisions, which are protected by the first amendment under US law.
"In the lawsuit filed by app startup, Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook founder) alleged that 'malicious and fraud planning' has been developed to exploit users' personal data and exclude rival companies from business. Meanwhile, Facebook, According to the article, "it is a publisher because he is debating his decision about 'not publishing'.
Former startup six 4th in 2015, the developers of app developers filed suit after removing access to data. Access to data from a Facebook user's friend is at the center of the dispute, which began with revealing around British data firm Cambridge Analyca, which is mining data to affect the election of illegal elections, including the 2014 US presidential elections.
Six-four-year lawyer alleged that Facebook had attracted startups to developers like startup developers, which was with the promise of long-term access to a substantial amount of valuable personal data, but later they Cheated effectively. "Protecting Facebook is a publisher and is looking for security under the same rights as newspapers and other rights enjoyed by other publishers.
Debating on this matter in the court, Facebook's lawyer Sonal Mehta compared with the traditional media and said, "Publisher discrimination is an independent speech despite the use of technological means ..." He said that Facebook about data access The decisions were an "excellent publisher function" and formed "protected" activity, which states that "the decision to publish it and the decision to publish it on both evenings L'are. "
According to The Guardian, David Godkin, Six 4 Three Attorney later replied, "For years, Facebook has been publicly saying that this is not a media company, it is a complete 180 degree (turn)."
Facebook's newest stand, however, can be more difficult for the California-based company, Menlo Park, because it can be responsible for the content posted on its website by calling itself a publisher - something that is trying to avoid Facebook Has been doing. Even in India, the problems of Facebook have multiplied, the government has sent a tough missive for WhatsApp, through the application of appropriate technology from Facebook-owned messaging platform, spreading rumors and excitement of "irresponsible and explosive messages" Have asked to stop immediately. Such messages tilted dozens of people.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Union Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said that social media companies should be more accountable, responsible and cautious. They said, "They can not say that we are a technical company and we have created a product and now we do not know what to do." If companies like Whatspe are making huge monetary benefits from India, then they have to take the safety of their people more seriously.
Whatsapp has proposed to use techniques such as machine learning, labeling forwarded messages and engaging with civil society and academics to spread and spread fake and malicious content. Not very satisfied with the response, the government has asked Whataspeps to implement these measures rapidly.
Cornell University professor Saumitra Dutta told ET in the operation of technology and information management, "Most technology companies try to look at the fact that they can not understand the social norms or political aspects of their products. Companies can no longer be blind to this because they have a big impact on society.
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