Facebook president Mark Zuckerberg asked governments to take a “more active role” when it comes to internet regulation, and encourages countries to adopt rules similar rules to the E.U.’s to protect user safety.

Facebook and other online giants have avoided government intervention for a long time, but the social media platform recently changed its mind in light of the increasing demand for regulation.

“I believe we need a more active role for governments and regulators,” said Zuckerberg in an opinion column published in The Washington Post.

“By updating the rules for the Internet, we can preserve what’s best about it — the freedom for people to express themselves and for entrepreneurs to build new things — while also protecting society from broader harms,” he said.

Zuckerberg thinks new regulations are necessary in four areas: harmful content, election safety, privacy and data portability.

Facebook faces the line of fire in those four aspects, starting from the hateful speeches that regularly appear in the platform, the recently livestreamed mosque attacks in New Zealand, the use of the platform to interfere in elections from foreign territory and the questions it regularly faces regarding private user data.

Zuckerberg said he would encourage more countries to adopt laws such as the E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation, which gives regulators the necessary power to fine organizations that do not adhere to the safety standards established when processing personal data. “The rules governing the Internet allowed a generation of entrepreneurs to build services that changed the world and created a lot of value in people’s lives,” he wrote in his column.

“It’s time to update these rules to define clear responsibilities for people, companies and governments going forward,” he said.