The call to break up Facebook's 'monopoly' is getting louder

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Facebook may have grown to a point where it's too big for its own good. Or anybody's, for that matter.

The largest U.S. media and communications labor union, Communications Workers of America, is adding fuel to that point of view. It's just joined the Freedom from Facebook Coalition, which is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to break up the growing "monopoly" power of Facebook.

Blazoned atop the coalition's website reads: "Facebook has too much power over our lives and democracy. It's time for us to take that power back." The coalition, which includes social activist groups like Demand Progress and MoveOn Civic Action, wants the FTC to separate WhatsApp and Instagram as separate companies, away from Facebook's control. Read more...

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The call to break up Facebook's 'monopoly' is getting louder The call to break up Facebook's 'monopoly' is getting louder Reviewed by mimisabreena on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Rating: 5

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