FACEBOOK EXECUTIVES have been smalled as "digital gangsters" in a damning report from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee.
The report, which follows an 18-month investigation into 'fake news' by the committee, concludes that Facebook deliberately broke privacy and competition law and should be subject to a compulsory code of ethics overseen by an independent regulator.
The DCMS is also calling for an urgent investigation by the Information Commissioner, which has already fined Facebook £500,000 for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Citing internal documents given to it late last year by software firm Six4Three, the report says Facebook "intentionally and knowingly" violated laws by selling people's private data without their permission.
By Carly Page.
Full story at The Inquirer.
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