Calls for Facebook to be held accountable for "fake news"

The Seanad has heard calls for Facebook to be held accountable for the "fake news" posted on its website.

Fine Gael senator Ray Butler says public figures can be unfairly maligned through pages set up by anonymous authors.

He says Facebook needs to enforce higher standards so that the authors of inflammatory comments can be identified.

The Meath-based Senator says he has no issue with community pages, but people shouldn't be allowed to post material that isn't true:

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