Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas.

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March 30, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EDT
Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps on an iPhone screen. (Jenny Kane/AP)

Mark Zuckerberg is founder and chief executive of Facebook.

Technology is a major part of our lives, and companies such as Facebook have immense responsibilities. Every day, we make decisions about what speech is harmful, what constitutes political advertising, and how to prevent sophisticated cyberattacks. These are important for keeping our community safe. But if we were starting from scratch, we wouldn’t ask companies to make these judgments alone.