Facebook Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Company governance === Early Facebook investor and former Zuckerberg mentor [[Roger McNamee]] described Facebook as having "the most centralized decision-making structure I have ever encountered in a large company."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/books/review/roger-mcnamee-zucked.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129162648/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/books/review/roger-mcnamee-zucked.html |archive-date=January 29, 2019 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=An Anti-Facebook Manifesto, by an Early Facebook Investor|first=Tom|last=Bissell|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> [[Nathan Schneider]], a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder argued for transforming Facebook into a [[platform cooperative]] owned and governed by the users.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvxbgq/its-time-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-give-up-control-of-facebook|title=It's Time for Mark Zuckerberg to Give Up Control of Facebook|first1=Nathan|last1=Schneider|first2=Harry|last2=Cheadle|date=March 27, 2018 |website=Vice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103090705/https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvxbgq/its-time-for-mark-zuckerberg-to-give-up-control-of-facebook |archive-date= November 3, 2023 }}</ref> Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes states that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has too much power, that the company is now a monopoly, and that, as a result, it should be split into multiple smaller companies. Hughes called for the breakup of Facebook in an [[op-ed]] on ''The New York Times''. Hughes says he is concerned that Zuckerberg has surrounded himself with a team that does not challenge him and that as a result, it is the U.S. government's job to hold him accountable and curb his "unchecked power".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-calls-for-companys-breakup-zuckerberg/|title=Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls for company's breakup|first=Shelby|last=Brown|website=CNET |date=May 9, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428144947/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-calls-for-companys-breakup-zuckerberg/ |archive-date= April 28, 2023 }}</ref> Hughes also said that "Mark's power is unprecedented and un-American."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509103054/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=It's Time to Break Up Facebook|first=Chris|last=Hughes|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> Several U.S. politicians agree with Hughes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/more-politicians-side-with-chris-hughes-and-are-ready-to-split-up-facebook/|title=More politicians side with Facebook co-founder on breaking up company|first=Shelby|last=Brown|website=CNET}}</ref> EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager has stated that splitting Facebook should only be done as "a remedy of the very last resort", and that splitting Facebook would not solve Facebook's underlying problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/eu-competition-commissioner-facebook-breakup-would-be-last-resort/|title=EU competition commissioner: Facebook breakup would be 'last resort'|first=Katie|last=Collins|website=CNET}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page