Facebook is fined 2 million euros. What's the matter with Facebook being fined
4hw.com.cn: according to Xinhua news agency, the German Ministry of Justice announced on the 2nd that it would impose a fine of 2 million euros on American social media Facebook because Facebook violated the German network implementation law and failed to truthfully report the complaints of illegal speech on the platform.
The German Ministry of Justice said in a statement that the transparency report for the first half of 2018 published by facebook "only provides a small part of the number of complaints about illegal speech", and the complaint channel established by facebook "is too hidden". The statement believes that Facebook's organizational process for handling complaints about illegal speech is' unconvincing and opaque '.
According to the network implementation law of Germany, social media is obliged to publish the complaints and handling of illegal speech on the platform in German on its website every six months. It is understood that Facebook said that only 886 complaints of illegal speech were received in the first half of 2018, of which 362 were deleted or blocked.
Christina & middot, Minister of justice of Germany; Lambrecht said that social media has the regulatory responsibility for the content released on the platform. When there is a user complaint, it must be counted and handled in accordance with the network implementation law, 'crack down on illegal content, not by covering up the problem'.
The Ministry of Justice said in a statement that Facebook's European headquarters in Ireland can appeal before the punishment takes effect.
A spokesman for Facebook told the media that it would carefully evaluate the punishment, saying that the enterprise had complied with the relevant obligations stipulated in the law and 'accurately and comprehensively disclosed the illegal speech complaints learned'.