Meta Platforms denies the Kazakh government claim of purported exclusive access as a compromise solution after the Central Asian nation threatened to block Facebook for millions of local users
on Tuesday denied a claim by the Kazakh government that it had been granted exclusive access to the social network’s content reporting system.
But Meta spokesperson Ben McConaghy said the company had a dedicated online channel for governments around the world to report content that they believe violates local law. Parliamentary deputy Aidos Sarym, one of the bill’s developers, said on his Facebook page on Monday that the bill had paved the way for talks with tech giants and the authorities were now ready to soften its provisions.
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