Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wields an unprecedented amount of power and his “dangerous” company must be broken up by government regulators, according to a co-founder of the social media giant. https://t.co/34rITPfvJ9 — Chris Hughes (@chrishughes) May 9, 2019The Federal Trade Commission made a huge mistake allowing Facebook to buy Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, Hughes wrote. Beyond breaking up the company, Hughes wrote, the government must create a new agency to regulate tech companies with the focus of protecting privacy. “This idea may seem un-American — we would never stand for a government agency censoring speech,” Hughes wrote. Mark Zuckerberg cannot fix Facebook, but our government can.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.

Source: Huffington Post May 09, 2019 13:30 UTC