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Alessandro Molon

A campaigner from a political pressure group wears an oversized mask of founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg

International lawmakers seek global regulations for social media

November 27, 2018

For the first time in decades, the UK and nine other countries met to talk about disinformation, fake news, electoral interference and data misuse. But Mark Zuckerberg didn’t make an appearance.

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