What prompted this? That’s the story. https://t.co/tq8hDkUpzq

— Edmund Lee (@edmundlee) May 9, 2019

Real bombshell of an editorial from a Facebook co-founder — you can expect that the topic of breaking up FB and undoing Instagram and WhatsApp deals will at least start being discussed seriously at government level in US and potentially other countrieshttps://t.co/hGabgrkO8r

— Jon Russell (@jonrussell) May 9, 2019

Maybe I'm missing something but there's nothing new or interesting in that Chris Hughes FB piece other than that it's coming from someone who got insanely rich by being Mark Zuckerberg's college roommate

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) May 9, 2019

Very well orchestrated I would say. Love to know the back story though I can guess pretty well https://t.co/BLzX98dJv5

— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) May 9, 2019

Radical and well reasoned ? https://t.co/1DRHy0LQvd

— Elysse Morgan (@ElysseMorgan) May 9, 2019

"The most problematic aspect of Facebook’s power is Mark’s unilateral control over speech. There is no precedent for his ability to monitor, organize and even censor the conversations of two billion people." -Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes https://t.co/nAvMYVWUDo

— Tow Center (@TowCenter) May 9, 2019

It's quite wild to me that we're likely to see Facebook punished for the "crime" of getting Trump elected while he Teflon Don's his way through every scandal.

It's interesting to read Chris Hughes recent op-ed with the context below from the Obama era.https://t.co/R373GLyi9E

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) May 9, 2019

a well argued, sober case for breaking up facebook...from one of its co-founders https://t.co/K2ZSgSnIf8

— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) May 9, 2019

“i made some sweet dough but now I’ll speak up” https://t.co/kLUUOftXGj

— Melinda Byerley (@MJB_SF) May 9, 2019

This is an example of the uniquely American perspective that competition solves every market problem instead of regulation.

However in reality many markets tend towards oligopolies where there are so few players that competition is nominal so regulation still needed.

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) May 9, 2019

Consider the huge advantage the fused FB/IG/WA now has in backed end operational and technical integration. Scaling to billions, both technically and now even more importantly, legally and operationally, is what startups don't do well. FB will just hose any upstart.

— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) May 9, 2019

I don't think breaking up Facebook will improve how it manhandles democracy.

I do think it would increase competition in new, interesting and useful ways. https://t.co/X1qjYNbVmG

— Christopher Mims ? (@mims) May 9, 2019

What vague calls to “break up” Facebook miss:
- All of these apps (Insta, WhatsApp, etc.) are now tightly integrated into FB (esp Insta). Unclear how they would even be able to function on their own now. (1/2)https://t.co/cTnXrG71XL

— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: “The government must hold Mark accountable.” https://t.co/UtT1bNzoPQ

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 9, 2019

"I'm disappointed in myself and the early Facebook team for not thinking more about how the algorithm could change our culture, influence elections and empower nationalist leaders."https://t.co/tHAkoeQUzm

— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) May 9, 2019

I’m calling for breaking up @Facebook in an essay in the @nytimes. FB has become too big and too powerful, and it’s part of a trend in our economy of an increasing concentration of corporate power. We can fix this: break the company up and regulate it. https://t.co/34rITPfvJ9

— Chris Hughes (@chrishughes) May 9, 2019

He's also correct FB's ingestion of IG/WA grants it an inescapable monopoly on user demand for social media, but with little in the way of consumer benefit (many don't even realize IG/WA are owned by FB). pic.twitter.com/xbFXA0mkrP

— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) May 9, 2019

I doubt it will change anyone's mind who's already decided that Chris is right, but reading through his argument for why Facebook needs to be broken it up... he seems to get nearly all of the details wrong. https://t.co/aecbMa61wp

— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) May 9, 2019

It’s Time to Break Up Facebook by Chris Hughes!!!

"The government must hold Mark accountable. For too long, lawmakers have .. overlooked their responsibility to ensure that Americans are protected and markets are competitive."

https://t.co/KTnla0jckU

— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) May 9, 2019

"Facebook isn’t afraid of a few more rules. It’s afraid of an antitrust case and of the kind of accountability that real government oversight would bring." -- FB cofounder @chrishughes here: https://t.co/eCV9s2oAoX

— Eli Pariser (@elipariser) May 9, 2019

After almost bringing down The New Republic, Chris Hughes is on to bigger companies. https://t.co/JzVQ6uEuTD

— Bhaskar Sunkara (@sunraysunray) May 9, 2019

It’s amazing and quite indicative that Facebook thought hiring Nick Clegg would give them any ethical or political kudos. It’s just confirmed how shameless they can be. https://t.co/4jRgYbqbm8

— Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) May 9, 2019

Here’s FB’s comment on the Chris Hughes op-ed that appeared in the NYT today. pic.twitter.com/DurZezEkJ2

— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) May 9, 2019

Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes calls for a Facebook breakup. Zuckerberg, he writes, “has created a leviathan that crowds out entrepreneurship and restricts consumer choice.” https://t.co/xLObVxBt31

— kelsey sutton (@kelseymsutton) May 9, 2019

None of the ideas in here are new. They have been repeated for a few years by a small coterie of neo-Brandeisians. Yet this is the most powerful statement because of who said it. https://t.co/DO2BbVzckg

— Kim-Mai Cutler (@kimmaicutler) May 9, 2019

Chris Hughes clearly read Frank Foer's book and decided, on balance, he would rather be on Frank's side of history than Mark Zuckerburg's. Good for him. This seems like a big deal. https://t.co/6CFDhsXYZt

— David Klion? (@DavidKlion) May 9, 2019

“It’s Time to Break Up Facebook”.......”I’m disappointed in myself and the early Facebook team for not thinking more about how the News Feed algorithm could change our culture, influence elections and empower nationalist leaders.“ https://t.co/ZjUaBIn0Kn

— Mark Scott (@mscott) May 9, 2019

Oops Nick Clegg. Pro tip I got from a movie: The Internet is written in ink. https://t.co/Oxen4rrdqH

— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) May 9, 2019

Calls for regulating or breaking up Facebook (and other tech giants) were easily labeled as though driven by European jealousy for a long time. Now one of Facebook’s co-founders pinpoints the risks of a lack of oversight and accountability here ↘️ https://t.co/sUOHon8qGX

— Marietje Schaake (@MarietjeSchaake) May 9, 2019

Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes:

"We are a nation with a tradition of reining in monopolies, no matter how well intentioned the leaders of these companies may be. Mark’s power is unprecedented and un-American.

"It is time to break up Facebook."https://t.co/f73SyGDBiD

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) May 9, 2019

There’s more hand-waving in this Facebook statement on Chris Hughes’ op-ed than there was in the last episode of Fosse/Verdon*

(*I do not watch this show but assuming it involves a lot of Fosse choreography) https://t.co/BKo5XoO7Nt

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 9, 2019

This is BIG: My friend and FB cofounder @chrishughes wrote a 6000 word piece for the NYT today on why it's time to break up Facebook. Important read. https://t.co/eCV9s2oAoX

— Eli Pariser (@elipariser) May 9, 2019

Chris Hughes helped Mark Zuckerberg transform Facebook from a dorm-room project into a real business. Now, he's calling for the company to be broken up. https://t.co/bmCVQ4Fo2a

— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2019

Wow. Chris cofounded Facebook and now he says the government should require it to sell off WhatsApp and Instagram. Read the essay --> https://t.co/pkJcKzGYgN

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 9, 2019

Chris Hughes is right. Today’s big tech companies have too much power—over our economy, our society, & our democracy. They’ve bulldozed competition, used our private info for profit, hurt small businesses & stifled innovation. It's time to #BreakUpBigTech. https://t.co/rZMftEwlkN

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 9, 2019

i mean that's just like your opinion, mannnn https://t.co/KBaFKSnqT3

— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) May 9, 2019

It makes me uncomfortable that all these dudes grow a conscience after getting dirty rich, but Facebook's co-founder coming out and saying that the company should be broken up feels like it might be a turning point https://t.co/DS34NCgYEU

— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it's time to break up the company.

My bet is that this will land harder in Silicon Valley than Elizabeth Warren's pledge to break up Big Tech. https://t.co/yAVmsmv5r2

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) May 9, 2019

Perhaps more importantly, Facebook has a monopsony on user attention (i.e. a huge aggregator of it, effectively a supplier of eyeballs), which grants it huge leverage over actual media producers and advertisers.

I get into the biz details here:https://t.co/cVkHjqGLYe

— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) May 9, 2019

Nick Clegg on monopolies in September 2017 vs Nick Clegg on monopolies in May 2019 pic.twitter.com/4x85iKz9ix

— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) May 9, 2019

Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, said the social networking giant should be broken up in an op-ed on The New York Times. https://t.co/IC1sG3LyPc

— USA TODAY Tech (@usatodaytech) May 9, 2019

I agree with this article. Facebook is basically a monopoly and should be broken up. Competition has made every aspect of business better.https://t.co/vkqtlpdrQl

— Danny Tarkanian (@DannyTarkanian) May 9, 2019

Facebook says it shouldn’t be broken up because it is very successful https://t.co/8d3JNsarLr pic.twitter.com/WBZw59y8I0

— The Verge (@verge) May 9, 2019

Facebook says it shouldn’t be broken up because it is very successful https://t.co/DEBd3DsDj0 via @Verge

— Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam) May 9, 2019

Break ‘em up! https://t.co/efCfSakZic

— nilay patel (@reckless) May 9, 2019

“Facebook accepts that with success comes accountability. But you don’t enforce accountability by calling for the breakup of a successful American company” - Nick Clegg https://t.co/5LLiRVtNNv

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) May 9, 2019

We should have real discussion about what “success” means here. It ain’t just money. Some really terrible things have come out of this company — ethnic violence, the thread of conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric etc. https://t.co/Jqa6TqS0OJ

— Linette Lopez (@lopezlinette) May 9, 2019

i cant stop laughing at this headline https://t.co/R3uKM7oeSe

— andrew webster (@A_Webster) May 9, 2019

Facebook fires back at Chris Hughes in a statement that reeks of Trumpism: Basically argues it shouldn't be broken up because it's very, very successful, one of the most-successful platforms in the world, the best, no one is better than Facebook. https://t.co/Qn37fyvQBY https://t.co/sUBvalOgn4

— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) May 9, 2019

Zuck, please.

Standard Oil and AT&T were successful, too. They still got broken up — and deserved to be. https://t.co/k7JP4dKKOO

— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls for its break-up https://t.co/9F3Y6t4pTh

— Financial Times (@FT) May 9, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg’s 'unchecked power' has created a monopoly and given him 'unilateral control over speech', argued one of Facebook's co-founders, Chris Hughes, in an opinion piece for The New York Times — asking for regulators to break up the social network https://t.co/yAE8xS0Xtv

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 9, 2019

フェイスブックの共同創業者、クリス・ヒューズ氏がNYtimes寄稿文で、フェイスブックの解体を政府に呼びかけ。「今日のフェイスブックは2004年に私達が創業したものとは違う」「最も重大なのは、ザッカーバーグCEOは説明責任を果たさないことだ」https://t.co/b3KZGRhIAQ

— deepthroat (@gloomynews) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg ‘not accountable,’ calls for government break up https://t.co/goJy2MN4Q0 via @NBCNews

— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg ‘not accountable,’ calls for government break up #FckZuck https://t.co/UVFu2twBw8 via @NBCNews

— Emoluments Clause (@corybantic) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg 'not accountable,' calls for government break up | via nbcnews https://t.co/7KsFr56RHo

— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) May 9, 2019

“The #Facebook that exists today is not the Facebook that we founded in 2004 & the one that we have today I think is far too big. It's far too powerful & most importantly, its CEO, #MarkZuckerberg, is not accountable."-Facebook founder Chris Hughes#QAnonhttps://t.co/Ifc4GoRVeW

— John F. Kennedy Jr. (@JFKJr2020) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg ‘not accountable,’ calls for government break up https://t.co/Ld8BwXAcN9 via @nbcnews

— ? Pink Lady 4 Trump? (@pink_lady56) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder calls for breakup of company https://t.co/2TNAP28heQ

— INFURIATEDchris (@clwhite58) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up via Natasha Lomas https://t.co/zYiypOJb21 #ML #AI #Analytics #Automation pic.twitter.com/hD71Oiznwo

— Dr. Gerald Bader,PhD (@gerald_bader) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up https://t.co/MX3sQWsBCC https://t.co/u6rT3Eus2Q

— Ron Miller (@ron_miller) May 9, 2019

JUST IN: Facebook responds to @ChrisHughes op-ed, saying " you don’t enforce accountability by calling for the break up of a successful American company" https://t.co/Mn5ImEEXJu pic.twitter.com/HVARehtND8

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) May 9, 2019

FACEBOOK: Strong disagree on breaking up Facebook. https://t.co/iLDXZ4T7aR pic.twitter.com/IL4tv7rl57

— Jay Yarow (@jyarow) May 9, 2019

Sen. Richard Blumenthal tells CNBC he agrees with Chris Hughes and Facebook needs to be broken up. "The acquisitions of Instagram and WhatApp need to be unwound..."https://t.co/zCE46Na0CJ

— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) May 9, 2019

Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, said the power of CEO Mark Zuckerberg is "unprecedented and un-American." https://t.co/xtgbw7hODn

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 9, 2019

Hey Zuckerberg, now that you’ve fucked all of us, I’ll give you a genius idea to clean up your social media platforms: take less profits and hire more people!! Stop crying about how complex it is and get your shit together, asshole!https://t.co/Fmw7LsNkvP via ⁦@USATODAY⁩

— John Young (@jeyoung200) May 9, 2019

Facebook says it shouldn’t be broken up because it is very successful https://t.co/8d3JNss2CZ pic.twitter.com/MepFfNb94k

— The Verge (@verge) May 10, 2019

Facebook says it shouldn’t be broken up because it is very successful https://t.co/wbPtbWzYGQ via @Verge

— Zane Zodrow (@ZaneZodrow) May 9, 2019

FB, can you spell "Break up"? Facebook says it shouldn’t be broken up because it is very successful https://t.co/FDZOPXmIab via @Verge

— Ridgely Muhammad (@DrRidgely) May 9, 2019

Ma Bell totally should have used this argument.

Facebook says it shouldn’t be broken up because it is very successful https://t.co/epSKC37EpH via @Verge

— Matt Largey (@mattlargey) May 9, 2019

Co-founder of Facebook calls for breakup of Facebook https://t.co/hW6e8co348

— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) May 10, 2019

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg 'not accountable,' calls for government break up | via: nbcnews https://t.co/7KsFr56RHo

— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) May 10, 2019

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg ‘not accountable,’ calls for government break up https://t.co/xzFbZHHLAz via @nbcnews

— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) May 10, 2019

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg 'not accountable,' calls for government break up || via: nbcnews https://t.co/7KsFr4PgiO

— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) May 10, 2019

Facebook co-founder calls for government to break up tech giant https://t.co/LbB916uxGl

— Melissa Kester (@MelissaKester) May 9, 2019

Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up https://t.co/b22K37YoQp

— TD (@TomiDee) May 10, 2019

Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up https://t.co/vilH8CCDH5 @Techcrunch pic.twitter.com/rjd2KS7QN3

— TheSmartIT (@TheSmartIT) May 9, 2019

“Zuckerberg’s absolute influence over Facebook, and therefore over the unprecedented billions of people he can reach and behaviourally reprogram via content-sorting algorithms”

Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up – https://t.co/a3C124qUqs

— Isaya Yunge (@IsayaYunge) May 10, 2019

Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up.
#DeleteFacebook. https://t.co/Glpjem62AF

— quincy harley jr (@QHarleyJr) May 9, 2019

Couldn't agree more. Zuckerburg did his part in screwing up 2016's election

Facebook co-founder calls for the company to be broken up and says Zuckerberg has 'unilateral control ov... #Topbuzz https://t.co/DtdOp4X7z2

— TwoCents5818 (@cents5818) May 9, 2019

Co-Founder of FaceBook, says that FB must be broken up, because Zuckerberg has become a tyrannical enemy of free speech https://t.co/d3Gv47Sw85

— Ordo Militaris Catholicus HQ (@MilitarisCath) May 9, 2019

Facebookの共同創設者であるChris HughesがNew York Timesの論説で「Facebook、Instagram、WhatsAppは切り離されるべき」「Mark Zuckerbergの力が強くなりすぎている」と批判。Facebookはまさに3つのプラットフォームを統合しようとしている最中。https://t.co/Dk1EEG0c34

— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) May 9, 2019