Facebook user is responsible for content; Meta just a neutral platform —official
By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA Integrated News Published April 8, 2025 3:11pm An official of Meta, the technology company that operates Facebook, said Tuesday that the user is ultimately responsible for the content he or she posts because Meta is a neutral platform.Rafael Frankel, Meta’s director for public policy in Southeast Asia, made the response during the House Tri Committee hearing on the proliferation of false information online.Frankel was responding to the question of Antipolo Representative Romeo Acop if Meta bears a certain responsibility for the content posted on Facebook that harms the subject of misinformation.“Sir, every individual user bears the ultimate responsibility for what he or she posts on our platforms. I think that it is important to underline that point. That's a given. [And] we very much believe that we have a responsibility to provide a safe platform for our users around the world, including in the Philippines,” Frankel said .Pressed for a categorical answer, Fr...