Breakup Facebook

[Common]

Facebook co-founder urges government to break up social media giant

I must be one of the minority who does not have a facebook acct and has no desire to ever have one.

I am on twitter and NO I do not follow trump or any politicians whatsoever


Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is urging the federal government to break up Facebook and reverse its purchases of encrypted messaging service WhatsApp and photo-sharing platform Instagram.

“We are a nation with a tradition of reining in monopolies, no matter how well-intentioned the leaders of these companies may be,” Hughes wrote in a Thursday op-ed for the New York Times that criticized one-time partner Mark Zuckerberg, who's now CEO. “Mark’s power is unprecedented and un-American."



Hughes, who helped Zuckerberg start Facebook from their Harvard dorm room in 2004, provided a road map through the company’s history and explosive growth, and lamented the influence Zuckerberg amassed through his control of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

“Mark alone can decide how to configure Facebook’s algorithm to determine what people see in their News Feed, what privacy settings they can use and even which messages get delivered,” Hughes wrote. “He sets the rules for how to distinguish violent and incendiary speech from the merely offensive, and he can choose to shut down a competitor by acquiring, blocking or copying it.”


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...al-media-giant

[roadmaster]

It's all strategic, ok I don't like Milo, Farrakhan, Jones but did sort of like Watson. The things they had in common all of them was they had nothing against Trump. You may not like what they said, I didn't at times but that is not the issue. It's not about their rants. They are trying to influence the elections.

[donttread]

Facebook co-founder urges government to break up social media giant


I must be one of the minority who does not have a facebook acct and has no desire to ever have one.

I am on twitter and NO I do not follow trump or any politicians whatsoever


Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is urging the federal government to break up Facebook and reverse its purchases of encrypted messaging service WhatsApp and photo-sharing platform Instagram.

“We are a nation with a tradition of reining in monopolies, no matter how well-intentioned the leaders of these companies may be,” Hughes wrote in a Thursday op-ed for the New York Times that criticized one-time partner Mark Zuckerberg, who's now CEO. “Mark’s power is unprecedented and un-American."



Hughes, who helped Zuckerberg start Facebook from their Harvard dorm room in 2004, provided a road map through the company’s history and explosive growth, and lamented the influence Zuckerberg amassed through his control of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

“Mark alone can decide how to configure Facebook’s algorithm to determine what people see in their News Feed, what privacy settings they can use and even which messages get delivered,” Hughes wrote. “He sets the rules for how to distinguish violent and incendiary speech from the merely offensive, and he can choose to shut down a competitor by acquiring, blocking or copying it.”


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...al-media-giant

Wasn't Zuckerberg going to give away almost all his money due to the rapture of being a new father? What happened to that?

[DGUtley]

Will the Feds use the anti-monopoly powers to break it up?

[Lummy]

Wasn't Zuckerberg going to give away almost all his money due to the rapture of being a new father? What happened to that?

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