Warren continues attack on Facebook after Zuckerberg reveals it would sue government if she becomes president
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren continued her attack on Facebook after audio comments from CEO Mark Zuckerberg were leaked, with Warren stating the company "won't even do the bare minimum to improve transparency."
"Facebook's anti-competitive mergers mean they face no real pressure to tackle disinformation," Warren tweeted on Tuesday night. "They won't even do the bare minimum to improve transparency. Tech giants shouldn't be able to wield enough power to undermine our democracy."
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/elizabeth-warren-attack-facebook-mark-zuckerberg
Facebook's anti-competitive mergers mean they face no real pressure to tackle disinformation. They won't even do the bare minimum to improve transparency.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 1, 2019
Tech giants shouldn't be able to wield enough power to undermine our democracy. https://t.co/2gmiydwY76
Let's talk a bit about my plan to #BreakUpBigTech and why it's got Mark Zuckerberg so worked up.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 1, 2019
Facebook is doing pretty well right now. They've acquired potential competitors WhatsApp and Instagram. More than 85% of all social networking traffic goes through sites owned or operated by Facebook. They've got a lot of power—and face little competition or accountability.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 1, 2019
Let's talk a bit about my plan to #BreakUpBigTech and why it's got Mark Zuckerberg so worked up.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 1, 2019
On Tuesday, leaked audio comments from Zuckerberg said the company would likely sue the U.S. government if Warren became president and attempted to break up the company.
"You have someone like Elizabeth Warren thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies … I mean, if she gets elected president then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge," Zuckerberg was quoted as saying in two Q&A sessions with Facebook employees during July.
"And does that still suck for us? Yeah. I mean, I don’t want to have a major lawsuit against our own government. I mean, that’s not the position that you want to be in when you’re, you know, I mean … It’s like, we care about our country, and want to work with our government and do good things. But look, at the end of the day, if someone’s going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and fight."
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/elizabeth-warren-attack-facebook-mark-zuckerberg
