# Paul Barrett, deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights, offers perspective on Facebook's handling of disinformation on its platform and the social media blackout in Sri Lanka

1 Faculty News April 23, 2019 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-technology-202/2019/04/23/the-technology-202-sri-lanka-social-media-shutdown-reveals-facebook-s-achilles-heel/5cbe6cd9a7a0a46fd9222add/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0bc41c800998) -- "'This is an extreme step in terms of regulation, but one that I think will be becoming more common in the future,' said Barrett, whose center seeks to train business leaders to make decisions on human rights issues. 'We may be at a breaking point in terms of how people around world view big social media companies.'"

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