But Facebook has also been pushing a message at her.
The ads appeared in podcasts and onTV.
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How is it here?
Im at Safeway and its on the key copying machine.
But no comprehensive legislation dictating their behavior has been passed in a generation.
Key copying enthusiasts and members of Congress arent the only targets for this message.
Facebook has peppered its own platform with a PR campaign aimed at users.
Its time for an update.
Facebook also providedadditional materialsdirectly when The Markup reached out for information.
We are not talking about the money, Marechal explained.
Why is Facebook saying it wants regulation?
Surveys show Americans are broadly supportive of imposing new regulations on social media platforms.
Lawmakers around the country have taken notice of that sentiment.
There were31 state-level billsintroduced this year regarding digital privacy.
Theres also been action at the federal level, with legislation like Sens.
Amy Klobuchar and Ben LujansHealth Misinformation Actor Sens.
Brian Schatz and John ThunesPlatform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act.
Regulation, it seems, is in the air.
Facebook is just reading the tea leaves, Simpson said.
Facebook isnt the first technology company to publicly push for greater regulation.
Microsoft, for example, has been amajor supporterof tighter regulations on the use of facial recognition technology.
Facebook spentnearly $20 millionlobbying the U.S. government last year, making it thesixth-highest spenderof any organization.
Now its easy to build a community around a cause and activate people.
What exactly is Facebook proposing?
Facebooks ad campaign centers on the Communications Decency Act.
Instead, the ads focus on the laws age.
The quarter-century since its passage is an eternity in internet years.
The company favors passing federal privacy legislation modeled very closely on privacy rules already on the books in Europe.
That could expose peoples real identities without their consent.
law that the company wouldnt want to see replicated under U.S. law.
They dont care what it is.
They just want someone to decide so theyre not in an impossible position.
Could passing Facebooks proposals actually be harmful?
Theyre conceding on a point that theyve already lost, she said.
And new regulations might very well hurt competitors more than they hurt Facebook.
Facebooks proposals havent seemed to gain much traction on Capitol Hill.
Big Tech only wants reform when it bolsters their power at the expense of competitors.
