Breaking Up Facebook Is Easier Said Than Done
- Antitrust officials would face steep hurdles to prove a case
- FTC’s tech task force could review WhatsApp, Instagram deals
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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 Thursday 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 U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.