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FILE - In this file photo dated Nov. 18, 2019, Google employees walks out of Google France building in Paris. France. French regulators on Thursday fined Google and Facebook a total of more than 200 million euros ($226 million) for not making it as easy for users to opt out of tracking as it is for them to accept it. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

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Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen speaks during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. Little, Brown and Company announced Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, that it had acquired Haugen's memoir, which it said would offer &quot;a critical examination of Facebook.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager delivers her speech during a debate on the Digital Markets act at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Dec.14, 2021. The European Union’s ambitious plan to update its pioneering internet rules gained momentum Tuesday, after a key committee passed measures requiring technology companies to better police content and lawmakers prepared to vote on regulations to rein in Big Tech. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, Pool)

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Odessa Police Department Chief Michael Gerke helps Brooklyn Silvas, 6, drop a five-dollar bill in his kettle as he rings the bell to help raise money for the Salvation Army outside of a Walmart Super Center Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world's response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook wrote that they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users' newsfeeds, or by turning off comments entirely. Yet despite internal documents showing these changes worked, Facebook was slow to take action. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

U.S. commission dings Facebook in report calling for social media to fight religious hate speech

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen leaves after giving evidence to the joint committee for the Draft Online Safety Bill, as part of British government plans for social media regulation, at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. After Haugen revealed Facebook’s failings to curb online hate and extremism and protect young users from harmful content, U.S. lawmakers are putting forward proposals to curb social media giants by limiting their free-speech protections against legal liability. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

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FILE - Shown in the Spanish language are &quot;He Votado Hoy&quot; stickers or I voted today at a polling place in Philadelphia, May 21, 2019. This month’s elections may have offered a preview of the Spanish-language misinformation that could pose a growing threat to Democrats, who are already anxious about their standing with Latino voters after losing some ground with them last year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Seen on the screen of a device in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the company's new name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality “metaverse” he’s planning to build will “let you do almost anything.” (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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