Psaki says Facebook whistleblower revelations make clear that "self-regulation" is not working: "They validate the significant concern that the president & lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed about how social media giants operate and the power they have amassed."
Q And then, just on one other topic. I’m assuming you saw what the Facebook whistleblower had to say last night. Do these revelations change the way the White House thinks about regulating Facebook and other social media giants?
MS. PSAKI: Well, as we saw — the revelations that came out in that interview — in our view, this is just the latest in a series of revelations about social media platforms that make clear that self-regulation is not working. That’s long been the President’s view and been the view of this administration. They validate the significant concern that the President and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed about how social media giants operate and the power they’ve amassed.
Reports in recent weeks — and I think, obviously, the whistleblower was — came forward last night in the report, but — about efforts to attract young users and negative effects on teenagers’ mental health are certainly troubling. They’re hardly isolated incidents.
And so, our effort is going to be: Continue to support fundamental reforms, efforts to address these issues. Obviously, that would be up to the purview of Congress, but certainly we view these as continuing in a series of revelations about the power of these platforms.
Go ahead.
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