News Formal

Facebook's co-founder joins calls to break up the company

  • 📰 The Straits Times
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 43 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 21%
  • Publisher: 63%

Sverige Nyheter Nyheter

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Facebook Inc co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Chris Hughes called for the break up of the world's largest social media network in an opinion piece in the New York Times on Thursday (May 9).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - Facebook Inc co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Chris Hughes called for the break up of the world's largest social media network in an opinion piece in the New York Times on Thursday .

Facebook's social network has more than 2 billion users across the world. It also owns WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, each used by more than 1 billion people. Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. US President Donald Trump has called for the creation of"more, and fairer" social media companies in response to discrimination he alleges he has faced as a Republican from Twitter Inc.

Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said in a statement that he agreed that in retrospect that US regulators"should not have approved Facebook's acquisition of Instagram & WhatsApp in 2012." The company has been in advanced talks with the US Federal Trade Commission to settle a year-old investigation and said last month it expected to spend between $3 billion and $5 billion on a penalty.

 

Tack för din kommentar. Din kommentar kommer att publiceras efter att ha granskats.

That is big news, though unlikely to succeed. 🤔

Vi har sammanfattat den här nyheten så att du kan läsa den snabbt. Om du är intresserad av nyheterna kan du läsa hela texten här. Läs mer:

 /  🏆 8. in SE

Sverige Senaste nytt, Sverige Rubriker

Similar News:Du kan också läsa nyheter som liknar den här som vi har samlat in från andra nyhetskällor.

Facebook's co-founder joins calls to break up the companyWASHINGTON: Facebook Inc co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Chris Hughes called for the break up of the world's largest social media ...
Källa: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Läs mer »

Facebook co-founder says it is time to break up the companyFacebook Inc co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Chris Hughes has called for the break up of the social network in an opinion piece in ... ResignMarkZuckerberg
Källa: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Läs mer »

Founder, execs of drug company guilty in conspiracy that fed opioid crisisJurors on Thursday said they had reached a verdict in the trial of the founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc and four colleagues accused of bribing ...
Källa: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Läs mer »

Drug company founder, execs convicted of bribe scheme that fueled US opioid epidemicJurors on Thursday said they had reached a verdict in the trial of the founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc and four colleagues accused of bribing ...
Källa: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Läs mer »

Drug company founder, executives convicted of bribe scheme that fueled US opioid crisisJurors on Thursday said they had reached a verdict in the trial of the founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc and four colleagues accused of bribing ...
Källa: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Läs mer »