Security News > 2020 > May > Facebook Chief Wants EU Not China to Lead on Tech Rules
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday urged the European Union to take the lead in setting global standards for tech regulation or risk seeing countries follow China as a model.
Breton, one of the EU's top officials on tech policy, said that Facebook and other big tech companies must also live up to certain values.
If you want to have the right regulation "You have to have a clear set of values and in Europe we have these values," he said, hinting Facebook sometimes fell short, especially on controlling illegal content or paying fair taxes.
The debate came as Facebook embarks on a European lobbying campaign.
The European Commission is ramping up towards a Digital Service Act, a major piece of EU lawmaking intended to curb the powers of US big tech.