Hans-Georg Maassen told reporters that the European Union was
working hard to increase transparency on social media platforms
and to raise consciousness among those companies.
"The Commission is in negotiations, but if this consciousness
doesn't help, then we may have to adopt regulations," Maassen
said.
Andrew Parker, head of Britain's MI5 spy agency, said there had
already been a shift among the companies that operate such
platforms, but more work was needed.
"We do not accept that the internet is some sort of 'Wild West'
where no moral values can apply," he told reporters.
On the internet, as in the real world, he said, people were
entitled to protection from "the worst and darkest forms of
human behaviour at the edges of human society. Those companies
know that and want to do something about it".
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Douglas Busvine)
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