Germany fines Facebook for under-reporting complaints
The web giant noted only 1,048 grievances in the second half of 2018 compared with Twitter and YouTube’s 250,000 for the full year
02 July 2019 - 17:10
Berlin — German authorities have fined Facebook €2m ($2.3m) for under-reporting complaints about illegal content on its social media platform in breach of the country’s law on internet transparency.
In a statement on Tuesday, Germany’s federal office of justice said that by tallying only certain categories of complaints, the web giant had created a skewed picture of the extent of violations on its platform...
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