Facebook’s Zuckerberg wants ‘more active’ gov’t role regulating internet

WASHINGTON --- Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg called Saturday for governments to play a "more active role" in regulating the internet, urging more countries to adopt versions of sweeping European rules aimed at safeguarding user privacy. READ:Can Zuckerberg Really Make a Privacy-Friendly Facebook? Facebook and other internet giants have long resisted government intervention, but the leading social network has reversed course amid growing calls for regulation, in an apparent bid to help steer the debate. "I believe we need a more active role for governments and regulators," Zuckerberg wrote in an op-ed published in The Washington Post. "By updating the rules for the internet, we can...

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