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Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up

The newest name to damage up Facebook seems to be essentially the most uncomfortably shut to house but for superb chief, Mark Zuckerberg. “Mark’s power is unprecedented and un-American,” writes Chris Hughes, in an explosive op-ed printed within the New York Times. “It is time to damage up Faceb…
The latest call to break up Facebook looks to be the most uncomfortably close to home yet for supreme leader, Mark Zuckerberg. “Mark’s power is unprecedented and un-American,” writes Chris Hughes, in an explosive op-ed published in the New York Times. “It is time to break up Faceb…

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