‘Need to Do More to Advance Civil Rights’

San Francisco: Amid increased scrutiny of Facebook’s role in generating hatred towards vulnerable communities across the world, the social media giant’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has admitted the platform needed to do more to protect civil rights. “We know that we need to do more: to listen, look deeper and take action to respect fundamental rights,” Sandberg said in a statement on Tuesday.

Sandberg’s statement came a day after a report commissioned by the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence revealed that actors linked to Russia targeted communities of colour in a bid to influence the 2016 US presidential election. On Tuesday, 31 civil rights group urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to reorganise Facebook’s board in order to enable greater accountability of the leadership team and to allow more diverse voices at the decision-making table. (IANS)

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