SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 30: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered the opening keynote to the FB Developer conference that runs through May 1. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Facebook Inc critics who want the social-media giant broken up gained an unexpected ally in one of the company’s co-founders – but antitrust enforcers face long odds in taking that approach to rein in its dominance.
Chris Hughes, who founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg when they were students at Harvard University, argued in a column on May 9 that the best way to curb the company’s power is by breaking it up, an approach that’s been floated by policy advocates and lawmakers, including US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.
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