Eva-Maria Kirschsieper, head of public policy at Facebook Inc., pauses during a conference on combating political hate speech and fake news on social media, in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government plans to fine social media networks such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. if they fail to combat hate speech, as German officials accuse media companies of being too slow to take action. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images