Facebook just two days from deadline Facebook is yet to appoint officials who will liaise directly with the government the social media giant said few issues need more engagement with a government Facebook aims to comply with the provisions of the it ruled the directives were issued in February and required all significant social media intermediaries including Instagram and Twitter to designate Executives for these roles by me
the 26th shoot the companies fail to comply they could lose protection accorded accorded to them under Section 79 of the information technology Act social media platforms much to the dismay of governments worldwide hold a lot of data on their users that not only affect privacy laws but could fundamentally affect democracy social media companies such as Facebook Twitter and Instagram maintain profiles of their users the data which they they anonymize and sell to businesses who utilize that data to increase their reach follow us website traffic and Revenue
but worryingly is data can also be used to map users political views and preferences this is why governments across the globe fi to limit the power of social media companies as these kind of data breaches can be used to exact various political outcomes and