Facebook investors want Mark Zuckerberg to step down as chairman
6 years, 1 month ago

Facebook investors want Mark Zuckerberg to step down as chairman

Live Mint  

Washington: Facebook investors have called on the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to step down as chairman following reports that the company hired a public relations firm to smear its critics, a media report said on on Saturday. The New York Times recently published a report revealing that Facebook at times smeared critics as anti-Semitic or tried to link activists to billionaire investor George Soros, and tried to shift public anger away toward rival tech firms. It also said that the company used a Republican public relations firm, Definers Public Affairs, to help repair its battered reputation following intense criticism of the social media platform’s handling of a scandal over Russian interference in the 2016 US elections and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to The Telegraph. Kron said the new revelations about Facebook’s use of Definers offered fresh reasons for Zuckerberg to relinquish his dual role as chairman and chief executive.

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Zuckerberg warns he will cut ‘low performers’ as he looks to fire up to 5 percent of Meta staff: Report
18 hours, 58 minutes ago

Zuckerberg warns he will cut ‘low performers’ as he looks to fire up to 5 percent of Meta staff: Report

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook and CEO of its parent company Meta, …

Mark Zuckerberg’s alliance with Donald Trump proves just how low he’ll go
6 days, 13 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s alliance with Donald Trump proves just how low he’ll go

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Meta’s choice of media outlet to announce its “free expression” overhaul was also telling: an exclusive interview …

Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago

NPR  

Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago toggle caption Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from that social network. Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for …

End of enmity? Trump, Mark Zuckerberg dine at US President-elect's resort
1 month, 2 weeks ago

End of enmity? Trump, Mark Zuckerberg dine at US President-elect's resort

India Today  

Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the President-elect's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former President who was once banned from that social network. Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump's second term, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump's economic plans. …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
1 year ago

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

The Telegraph  

Remember when Facebook seemed harmless? In Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, one former executive put it this way: “When I first joined, movies were being made; the founder was on the cover of Time magazine; you’re overthrowing dictators. Now, you’re being told you destroyed democracy.” The film traced Facebook from Zuckerberg’s invention to world domination and scandals involving data harvesting, …

Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power

LA Times  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the new name for his company, formerly Facebook, in October 2021. Back in the prehistoric era — in 2012, when Facebook staged one of the most hyped initial public stock offerings of all time — I warned the company’s newly minted shareholders that they had become wedded to Mark Zuckerberg. The stock reached its all-time …

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivers harsh message to employees
2 years, 6 months ago

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivers harsh message to employees

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As tech stocks take a tumble amid a broader market downturn, Meta chief …

Sheryl Sandberg stepping down after 14 years as Facebook’s No. 2
2 years, 7 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg stepping down after 14 years as Facebook’s No. 2

LA Times  

2 at Facebook parent Meta Platforms, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down after 14 years. Sandberg announced Wednesday that she’ll soon step down as COO of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc., leaving an enterprise almost unrecognizable from the one she joined. The new name was a nod to the company’s growing interest in the “metaverse” — a trendy …

Peter Thiel leaving board of Facebook parent Meta
2 years, 11 months ago

Peter Thiel leaving board of Facebook parent Meta

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Peter Thiel a Silicon Valley billionaire and advisor to former …

Billionaire Peter Thiel exits Facebook board after 17 years to back Republican Senate candidates
2 years, 11 months ago

Billionaire Peter Thiel exits Facebook board after 17 years to back Republican Senate candidates

Daily Mail  

Facebook's devastating earnings report marked the end of a difficult year for the company, which has been battered by whistleblower allegations, a major global service outage, and protests and controversy over its policies. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg suffered a rough year in 2021, culminating in a devastating decline in users in the final quarter following a number of controversies Former …

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand

The Hindu  

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen on November 1 slammed Facebook's rebrand as she reiterated her accusation that the company prioritized expansion over people's safety. Haugen had leaked internal documents that sparked weeks of criticism of the social media giant before CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changing the name of Facebook's parent company to "Meta." Asked if Zuckerberg should step …

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
3 years, 2 months ago

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear

Salon  

With great fanfare on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company's much-anticipated name change. A former Facebook employee named Frances Haugen has been releasing a steady stream of leaked documents showing that Facebook knew its social media networks were being used to spread misinformation, stoke often genocidal levels of conflict, and undermine people's mental health — but did little …

Facebook stock: Wall Street sends a clear message to the social media company
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook stock: Wall Street sends a clear message to the social media company

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The release of “The Facebook Papers” is a huge black eye for the social media company, one that could lead to even more calls from regulators and politicians in Washington to break up Facebook. “The Facebook Papers” are a trove of internal Facebook documents based on disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and …

Rocked by longest Facebook outage and whistleblower revelations, Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 bn in hours
3 years, 3 months ago

Rocked by longest Facebook outage and whistleblower revelations, Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 bn in hours

Firstpost  

The stock slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $121.6 billion, dropping him below Bill Gates to number 5 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index A damning whistleblower account and outages that hit Facebook Inc’s flagship products such as WhatsApp and Instagram have led to a decline in Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth by more than $7 billion in a few …

Facebook tech chief Mike Schroepfer to step down
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook tech chief Mike Schroepfer to step down

The Hindu  

September 23, 2021 12:51 pm | Updated 12:51 pm IST Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part-time role while longtime executive Andrew Bosworth will replace him next year. Bosworth, known as “Boz," is another longtime Facebook exec and a close friend of Zuckerberg's. “As our next CTO, Boz will …

Facebook’s oversight board: Watchdog or distraction?
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook’s oversight board: Watchdog or distraction?

Associated Press  

Facebook’s oversight board, which on Wednesday upheld the company’s ban of former President Donald Trump, also had some harsh words for the company. Calling Facebook’s indefinite ban of Trump a “vague, standardless penalty,” the board accused Facebook -- its corporate sponsor -- of seeking to ”avoid its responsibilities” by asking its quasi-independent oversight group to resolve the issue. “They want …

What is the Facebook Oversight Board?
3 years, 8 months ago

What is the Facebook Oversight Board?

CNN  

CNN Business — The decision not to allow former President Donald Trump back on Facebook is the biggest, most contentious and most controversial single content moderation determination the company has ever made. The board’s decision, announced Wednesday, upheld Facebook’s move to suspend Trump from its platforms, but said Facebook could not impose what it called the “arbitrary” penalty of an …

US trade commission and over 40 states accuse Facebook of illegally crushing competition
4 years, 1 month ago

US trade commission and over 40 states accuse Facebook of illegally crushing competition

Firstpost  

While Facebook said the regulators had ignored important history, the lawsuits set off a chorus of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill Washington: The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states accused Facebook on Wednesday of buying up its rivals to illegally squash competition, and they called for the deals to be unwound, escalating regulators’ battle against the biggest tech …

Facebook critics launch rival ‘oversight board’, say company is taking too long to set up its own panel
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook critics launch rival ‘oversight board’, say company is taking too long to set up its own panel

Firstpost  

The critics are warning that Facebook is already being used to undermine the integrity of the US presidential election. A group of prominent Facebook critics, including one of the social network’s early investors and a journalist facing jail time in the Philippines, are launching their version of an “oversight board” to rival the company’s own. The critics, who include early …

Congress writes to Facebook CEO again over allegations of ’bias’ in favour of BJP
4 years, 4 months ago

Congress writes to Facebook CEO again over allegations of ’bias’ in favour of BJP

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for the second time in a month, asking what steps were being taken on repeated allegations about the global social media giant's India unit being biased towards the ruling BJP. At a press conference, the opposition party also demanded an investigation by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the …

Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook: ‘Companies aren’t bad just because they’re big’
4 years, 5 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook: ‘Companies aren’t bad just because they’re big’

The Telegraph  

Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will come out swinging against accusations of anti-competitive behaviour on Wednesday, telling US politicians that "companies aren't bad just because they are big". In prepared testimony, the 36-year-old founder will argue Facebook, whose total audience is bigger than Christianity and double the population of China, could still "cease to exist" if it does not "compete …

Facebook fires employee critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg for calling out colleague's inaction over Black Lives Matter
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook fires employee critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg for calling out colleague's inaction over Black Lives Matter

ABC  

Facebook has fired an employee who criticised CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump. Key points: Brandon Dail said he stood by what he wrote Facebook confirmed Mr Dail's reasons for dismissal Alphabet's Google fired at least five workplace activists late last year, while Amazon dismissed critics of warehouse conditions during …

Column: Mark Zuckerberg just made the case for breaking up Facebook
4 years, 7 months ago

Column: Mark Zuckerberg just made the case for breaking up Facebook

LA Times  

The problem with giant corporations sometimes isn’t simply that they’re too big, but that their sense of their social impact is too small. A meeting he held with several civil rights leaders protesting the decision to leave up the Trump posts ended in disaster, when the leaders issued a statement calling Zuckerberg’s explanation “incomprehensible.”.while Twitter tagged a similar Trump tweet …

Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg
4 years, 7 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg

Wired  

What does Mark Zuckerberg believe? Yet Zuckerberg allowed Facebook employees to help Trump use Facebook more effectively, certainly contributing to the electoral college win. Over the past two weeks these questions have taken on a new urgency as Facebook employees have for the first time publicly voiced anger and frustration with Zuckerberg’s decision to protect Trump’s calls for state violence …

After Facebook staff walkout, CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends no action on Trump posts
4 years, 7 months ago

After Facebook staff walkout, CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends no action on Trump posts

Firstpost  

Zuckerberg says that Facebook had conducted a thorough review and was right to leave the posts unchallenged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Tuesday that he stood by his decision not to challenge inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump, refusing to give the ground a day after staff members staged a rare public protest. They complained the company …

Facebook Employees Take the Rare Step to Call Out Mark Zuckerberg
55 years ago

Facebook Employees Take the Rare Step to Call Out Mark Zuckerberg

Wired  

What happens when an immovable object meets a disgruntled workforce? CEO Mark Zuckerberg has consistently refused to budge from allowing politicians—most conspicuously, Donald J. Trump—to post content that would violate the company’s rules against harm and misinformation. Another Facebook exec, Ryan Freitas, director of News Feed product design, wrote, “Mark is wrong, and I will endeavor in the loudest possible …

Facebook staffers walk out saying Trump's posts should be reined in like Twitter
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook staffers walk out saying Trump's posts should be reined in like Twitter

India Today  

Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump's posts as strictly as the rival platform has done. Reuters saw dozens of online posts from employees critical of Zuckerberg's decision to leave Trump's most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged where Twitter had labeled it. …

Mark Zuckerberg defends decision on Trump posts to Facebook employees
4 years, 7 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg defends decision on Trump posts to Facebook employees

LA Times  

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is exploring whether the company should change its policy or come up with other ways to flag violating posts besides taking them down entirely, a source said. Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told staff at a companywide meeting that he won’t change his mind about a decision to leave up posts shared by …

Facebook Employees Revolt Over Zuckerberg's Hands-Off Approach To Trump
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook Employees Revolt Over Zuckerberg's Hands-Off Approach To Trump

NPR  

Facebook Employees Revolt Over Zuckerberg's Hands-Off Approach To Trump Updated at 10:52 p.m. In a post Friday, the Facebook CEO said he had "been struggling with how to respond" to Trump's posts. On Monday evening, Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, held a Zoom video call with leaders of three civil rights groups that have criticized the company's …

Facebook employees revolt over Zuckerberg’s stance on Trump
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook employees revolt over Zuckerberg’s stance on Trump

LA Times  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gives the keynote address at F8, Facebook’s developer conference in San Jose, in May 2018. Mark Zuckerberg is facing a backlash from within Facebook, with several senior employees publicly criticizing the chief executive for refusing to take action over controversial posts by President Trump, and other staff members staging “virtual walkouts.” As protests and rioting over …

Remove Zuckerberg and Sandberg from Facebook: Soros
4 years, 10 months ago

Remove Zuckerberg and Sandberg from Facebook: Soros

India TV News  

Billionaire philanthropist George Soros on Tuesday called for the removal of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Shreyl Sandberg over the company's policy on political ads in the US presidential election year. "The company doesn't need to wait for regulations to stop accepting political ads until after the November election," said Soros. Unlike Twitter, which has completely banned political ads, …

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg wields excessive power, former colleague says
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg wields excessive power, former colleague says

ABC  

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has too much control over the company and lacks accountability, according to one of his former senior executives. The social media company also needs to take "more responsibility" for its "negative effects" on the world to regain the public's trust, said Stephen Scheeler — who led Facebook's Australian and New Zealand office from 2013–17. "I …

Mark Zuckerberg tells Congress anti-trust ‘didn’t come up’ during Trump meeting
5 years, 2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg tells Congress anti-trust ‘didn’t come up’ during Trump meeting

CNN  

Washington CNN — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reluctantly offered Congress a few details about his September meeting with President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers on Wednesday that antitrust did not come up during their conversation in the Oval Office. Asked during a House Financial Services Committee hearing whether antitrust investigations into Facebook came up in the West Wing, Zuckerberg said: “I …

Before testimony, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook damage control fails
5 years, 2 months ago

Before testimony, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook damage control fails

LA Times  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on yet another damage control tour in recent days, in advance of testimony before Congress on Wednesday. You’d think by now that Zuckerberg would have learned how to feign concern when asked about Facebook’s accountability in undermining democratic elections, giving voice to hate groups and disseminating an astonishing amount of fake news. Zuckerberg said …

A Facebook oversight board to soon decide what material belongs on the platform
5 years, 2 months ago

A Facebook oversight board to soon decide what material belongs on the platform

Firstpost  

The oversight board’s rulings will be binding in individual cases, but broader policy findings will be advisory. A new quasi-independent oversight board will soon make decisions on some of the most difficult questions on what material belongs on Facebook’s platform in a “very public way,” an executive for the social-media company said Friday. The board will consider a small number …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends refusal to take down some content
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends refusal to take down some content

Live Mint  

Washington: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the social media platform's refusal to take down content it considers newsworthy "even if it goes against our standards." Taking note of mounting criticism of the market dominance of Facebook and other tech giants, Zuckerberg acknowledged the companies' centralized power but said it's also "decentralized by putting it directly into people's hands.. …

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook empowers a peoples’ ‘fifth estate’ to effect change
5 years, 2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook empowers a peoples’ ‘fifth estate’ to effect change

LA Times  

Questions about how Facebook Inc. regulates speech are nothing new for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. He said Facebook, with its enormous size and scale, offers people a new kind of power, which he called “a fifth estate alongside the other power structures in our society.” In his speech, Zuckerberg said internet services like Facebook can still protect free expression while …

There Are at Least Five Reasons Why Mark Zuckerberg Would Have Tucker Carlson Over for Dinner
5 years, 3 months ago

There Are at Least Five Reasons Why Mark Zuckerberg Would Have Tucker Carlson Over for Dinner

Slate  

Most people who have a problem with Facebook—even prominent ones—do not get to meet with Mark Zuckerberg. On Monday, Politico reported that the Facebook CEO has been hosting a series of dinners with conservative journalists, right-wing celebrities, and at least one Republican lawmaker, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who grilled Zuckerberg about Facebook’s market dominance when he testified in a Senate hearing …

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg admits to hosting dinners with conservative politicians
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg admits to hosting dinners with conservative politicians

Firstpost  

The Facebook CEO wanted to communicate regarding the accusations from Trump and his allies of bias. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Monday confirmed reports that he had hosted a series of dinners with right-wing figures, as the social media platform stands accused of stifling conservative voices. Zuckerberg held small, off-the-record dinners with journalists, commentators and at least one Republican …

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to discuss ‘internet regulation’ with U.S. senators
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to discuss ‘internet regulation’ with U.S. senators

The Hindu  

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is on Capitol Hill this week to meet with senators as the social media giant faces scrutiny from both the Federal Trade Commission and members of Congress, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Privacy issues It is Mr. Zuckerberg 's first trip to Washington since April 2018, when he fielded 10 hours of questions over two …

Facebook can’t be taken down, but Zuckerberg can be taken down a notch
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook can’t be taken down, but Zuckerberg can be taken down a notch

The Hindu  

This is a blog post from It is hard to associate Facebook and most of Big Tech with anything positive right now. It’s not perfect in concept, hasn’t been released yet, and does not do nearly enough to calm concerns around Facebook’s conduct towards user privacy. Zuckerberg has in fact admitted to Facebook’s power on free speech itself, stating, “Lawmakers …

Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Intend To Deceive?
5 years, 5 months ago

Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Intend To Deceive?

NPR  

Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Intend To Deceive? "We cut off this investigation too early, Facebook was willing to pay more money in order to hide Mark Zuckerberg's testimony from this investigation," he says. "Facebook fully cooperated with the FTC's investigation and provided tens of thousands of documents, files and emails—including from Mark Zuckerberg," Colin Stretch, Facebook's general counsel, said …

US inaction helped fake news spread: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
5 years, 6 months ago

US inaction helped fake news spread: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Live Mint  

Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that a lack of action by US authorities on fake political content on the platform after the 2016 US election helped pave the way for a subsequent avalanche of online disinformation. fundamentally there isn’t going to be a major recourse from the American government.” He also said the leading social network is …

Live updates: Mark Zuckerberg addresses privacy and regulation
5 years, 6 months ago

Live updates: Mark Zuckerberg addresses privacy and regulation

CNN  

I can kind of get why, politically, saying you want to break up the companies feels nice.” Many people have made the argument for breaking up Facebook, including Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren. Being smaller doesn’t make the issues any different, he said, pointing to services with far fewer users such as Reddit and …

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook
5 years, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Mark Zuckerberg can’t think of a single reason to break up Facebook, even as lawmakers call to dismantle or regulate major US tech platforms. “The question that I think we have to grapple with is that breaking up these companies wouldn’t make any of those problems better,” Zuckerberg said in a conversation with Harvard law …

Mark Zuckerberg isn't as popular among Facebook employees as he used to be
5 years, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg isn't as popular among Facebook employees as he used to be

India Today  

Facebook has been though a lot in the past one year. Zuckerberg got 94 per cent approval rating from his employees this year and he was ranked at the 55th spot in the list of top 100 CEOs for the year 2019 this year. While this might sound like a news good news but in reality it isn't as Zuckerberg …

Former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos urges CEO Mark Zuckerberg to step down
5 years, 7 months ago

Former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos urges CEO Mark Zuckerberg to step down

Firstpost  

Stamos, who left the company in 2018, even suggested Microsoft President Brad Smith as Zuck’s replacement. Facebook recently saw its co-founder, Chris Hughes call for breaking up of the social media giant, asking for CEO Mark Zuckerberg to decentralise his powers. As per a report by CNBC, ex-security chief, Alex Stamos is now urging CEO Mark Zuckerberg to step down, …

Mark Zuckerberg rejects co-founder Chris Hughes' call to break up Facebook
5 years, 8 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg rejects co-founder Chris Hughes' call to break up Facebook

India Today  

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has rejected co-founder Chris Hughes' call to break up the social media giant saying that doing so would not solve issues like misinformation and election interference that have been plaguing the tech giant. So I think that if what you care about is democracy and elections, then you want a company like us to be able …

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Time to break up company
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Time to break up company

Associated Press  

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it’s time to break up the social media behemoth. In a New York Times opinion piece published Thursday, Hughes said CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned Facebook into an innovation-suffocating monopoly. Hughes called Zuckerberg’s power “unprecedented and un-American” and said his co-founder’s focus on growth “led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks.” Hughes roomed …

It’s time to break Facebook: Co-founder Chris Hughes joins calls to disband company
5 years, 8 months ago

It’s time to break Facebook: Co-founder Chris Hughes joins calls to disband company

Hindustan Times  

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. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic presidential candidate, in March vowed https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/08/reuters-america-update-4-wall-st-critic-warren-vows-to-break-up-amazon-facebook-google.html to break up Facebook, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google if elected U.S. president to promote …

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