Hughes helped set up Facebook when at Harvard with Zuckerberg, and so the passion in his criticism of the platform was always set to hit hard. Hughes said that since he last saw Zuckerberg in 2017, "Mark’s personal reputation and the reputation of Facebook have taken a nose-dive. In response, Facebook decided to be equally punchy. That is exactly what Mark Zuckerberg has called for." Mark Zuckerberg cannot fix Facebook, but our government can."

Source: Forbes May 09, 2019 18:22 UTC