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What would it look like to break up Facebook?

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes called on Thursday for Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, to be broken up. In a New York Times op-ed , he wrote that Mark Zuckerberg has too much power over Facebook’s 2 billion users.

By Madeleine Brand • May 10, 2019 • 1 min read

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes called on Thursday for Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, to be broken up. In a New York Times op-ed, he wrote that Mark Zuckerberg has too much power over Facebook’s 2 billion users. Is breaking up the social media giant a realistic plan, and would it tackle anti-trust issues?

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
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Ian Bogost
contributing editor at The Atlantic; Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

What would it look like to break up Facebook?

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes called on Thursday for Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, to be broken up. In a New York Times op-ed , he wrote that Mark Zuckerberg has too much power over Facebook’s 2 billion users.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

What would it look like to break up Facebook?

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes called on Thursday for Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, to be broken up. In a New York Times op-ed , he wrote that Mark Zuckerberg has too much power over Facebook’s 2 billion users.

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