Elizabeth Warren responds to Zuckerberg's plan to sue govt if it goes ahead with Facebook breakup
FirstpostIn March this year, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is also contesting for the 2020 Presidential elections, proposed a plan to break up big tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon to prevent monopolies. Zuckerberg says that Facebook would sue Elizabeth Warren’s antitrust plan if she gets elected as president next year. — Elizabeth Warren October 1, 2019 Responding to Zuckerberg’s statement in the audio clips, she said, “What would really ‘suck,’ is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anti-competitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy.” What would really “suck” is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy. https://t.co/rI0v55KKAi — Elizabeth Warren October 1, 2019 She says that she plans to break up companies like Facebook to “undo their illegal, anticompetitive mergers.” She also pointed out that breaking up these companies does not mean that you will not be able to access platforms like Facebook and Instagram, but that “they’ll have to compete with each other to make a better product for you.” Soon after Warren’s tweet thread, Zuckerberg also responded to the episode in a Facebook post, where he also embedded the entire audio file for people to listen.