Facebook Is 'Too Big.' Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Tells Us Why | NYT Opinion 

Is the NSA still in cahoots with Facebook as previously shown to be true in documents in the Snowden days? And, while I am here, can anybody find and post the supposed 4000 - 5000 data points that Cambridge Analytica supposedly utilized against their own fellow human beings? And then also, since the US Post Office is now taking pictures of everybody's letter sized mail, are those photos making their way to the NSA as well? And, what the heck, are people's personal DNA information making their way to the NSA as well? What is going to occur, 'when' not 'if', an AI gets access to all that information? And there are or at least will be, many, many AI's in this world. Nobody would be safe, not even those who built the AI's or NSA. And we did it to ourselves.

YANG2020 IS THE ANSWER

The solution is more technical than just breaking up a monopoly. Force Facebook to open it's network up and support open protocols. Let them continue being a company, but treat social networking more like email.

As for privacy and controlling personal information, we need a broad reform that puts power in the hands of consumers which would affect many more corporations than just Facebook. Credit monitoring companies profit from our information, and charge us for the privilege to know what information they have about us.

And now I am going to share this on Facebook.

@Mike Garcia Just wait till they buy eBay lol

shop local. shop small business.

Exactly, this is a ploy for censorship disguised as privacy.

Ikr? They own Audible, Whole Foods, Washington Post, and many companies I couldn't think of right the top of my head. Yet Amazon, thanks to Trump's tax cuts to the rich, they pay $0 in federal taxes.

"Despite its valuation, the e-commerce behemoth generates only a fraction of the retail sales that the other 21 companies do, combined. In fact, Walmart by itself sold almost $500 billion in goods worldwide in 2017, more than three times as much as Amazon, according to Kantor Consulting." www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/22-major-retailers-worth-less-than-amazon-amzn-stock-valuation-trillion-market-cap-jeff-bezos-ecommerce-retail-sales.html

Laughs in WeChat

Vertical exactly what about apple

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Microsoft is confused

laughs in amazon

Lol

Yea, I think so.

I think that happened a long time ago and that is why Chis left the company. Chris did not unfriend Mark and showed in this that he wants Mark to not put clicks above what is right. Sounds like good guys but Mark got lost in the power of the billions.

Jajajajajaja

Nikhil Singh their profit doesn’t, they were in lose for 18 years ... nah you don’t see that

@@cardcode8345 and? They still have entirely too much power and size for a company, period.

AvgJane19 yep they do and people like them cus they are cheap . PERIOD . Breaking them up will make jeff bezozs world’s most powerful man then he’ll control everything

Amazon shouldn't be broken up yet, monopolies are only a problem when they abuse the lack of competition and raise prices with lower product quality. Amazon is the opposite, they're greatly lowering the prices, and the quality of their industry's products have in fact increased in quality. I'll only be supportive of the breakup once the abuse of power is noticeable and when the innovation ends.

Hope For the Planet you need capitalism to grow Ussr saw it’s demise by not adopting it Don’t sleep in history

Fernandogdc 👍

Me too we'll see if we get banned for it!

I can't share it on my fb because I am currently under a 7 day ban for sharing a video about the Muslims bombing Israel. lol

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No U lmaooo noooo 😂

hahaha made my morning

Nah you mean cyborg

He's lucky zuck didn't consume him. Mark zuck has to feed every 100 yrs and change out skin suits.

By "ancient lizard", did you mean "ancient lizatd ALIEN"?

Daiwei Qin where are you @DavidFincher?

That movie is absolute fiction, dude.

u2blr 4.4 Billion MAUs across FB, IG and WhatsApp!! Over half the population on earth uses one of FBs social media platforms!

He is talking about number of people NKT MONEY

yeah, are they social media platforms?

@@phutran9312 microsoft saved apple because they needed apple alive so tht government dont take em dwn

Yes, but they have competition. Google with bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia etc. Apple with Microsoft and Google and amazon with eBay and any number of countless other online stores.

an unpopular opinion in today's era. Facebook is just filling a void for people who are starving for attention, an excuse for self marketing(against modesty)and repeating the rhetoric that "we are better than others". Clearly they saw the demand(created the demand) and are now playing with the principles of Machiavellism. But it is just my opinion don't publicly shame my opinion if you don't see the merit in this just ignore it and move on with your limited lives

I dont get on Facebook. Haven't updated my page in ages. 10 years actually. Not my cup of tea.

You can close the account but I don't think facebook removes it permanently. I closed my original account and fb kept sending me please come back emails for years

@@asadkhan-qm1my The bigger facebook gets the more money people like me can make. If there is a large group of people anywhere on facebook I will create something and sell it to them. Social Media is social for most people. But for me its business. I am not trying to connect or share. I am here to sell you something.

Facebook is a crooked monopoly trying to regulate conservative speech and control what you get to see. Anybody who cant see that or doesnt care is a fool.

This is probably why he's not in the company anymore

jgonzo 44 breaking up companies isn’t a conservative thing to do though.

Of Course Not

Very, very true

Certainly agree. Its so obvious.

That, or they are trying to pass laws to 'break up facebook' but have fine print that really makes them stronger.

NO. I don't think so. The man is actually stating Zuck is a good person. Jealous people don't say nice things.

But him speaking for Google, which he has probably not such a an intimate history with isn't as powerful as him speaking against Facebook. Especially if the regulation changes will also effect Google and other social media outlets.

Facts.

Yes.

All these companies are used by public choice, no more no less. FREEDOM OF CHOICE. LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE NOT THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!!

Facebook is worse. Did you watch the video?

King T'Challa google is 100% worse! Tell me another search engine. There’s twitter and Snapchat people can use instead of FB and Instagram. Damnit im on RU-vid 100x more than Instagram, AND RU-vid IS GOOGLE BRO. Just think about search engine monopoly, map monopoly, video streaming monopoly.

Or youtube comment section

You just need to start regulating them, like we do with all industries. We're not gonna get rid of TVs or cellphones because they presented problems at the beginning.

You know he didnt mean that. You can do different activities for sure, nothing is holding you back but he referred to other platforms as "nowhere". Since majority of people use the same platforms, you need to join them if you want to keep in touch with people you care or sometimes you need to know what's going on in school or work etc.

Right. Agreed. Facebook addicts need to get a hobby and a life.

@LagiNaLangAko23 you know the one where you earn Merit by doing a deed not posting it you know the one where you can post about something you've actually done not make believe you did something taking a picture of yourself snow skis, standing in the snow and telling everybody just skied down the Himalayan mountains. Get my drift?

@Yams Ondeck - probably...

SD sc0rch “What has changed??” Only the stage.

This man is worth over $500 million...

Fig.11 Biker mark is worth 72 billion

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The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.

lol hes no more getting his share. 🤣🤣🤣

which founding father wished for a violent overthrow of the govt every twenty years??

juan dominguez That is a really good idea. The government already has regional offices for the IRS, FDA, and many other critical regulatory services, why not move congress around every few years from state to state? Even if we just started with the White House, it would be a great way to bring big government to all parts of this country.

Hear, here! If it's good for Goose, it's good for the Gander. D.C. has gotten to big for its britches. Decentralize and reduce the size, scope, and power of D.C.!

@@FInalage2012 - well said

funny how leftists hate "big corporations" except for the likes of google facezuck twitter amazon ebay etc etc oil companies bad - silicon valley good mm-hmmm yeah no

@@SDsc0rch I'm left leaning and I hate most big corporations, in fact I harbour more distrust of the companies that I use such as youtube, google and the like then any other companies. While I don't exactly like oil companies because they need to do more about climate change, they have less impact on everyday life in a personal way.

@@kyleeversfield8276 - I think I'm with you, I fear too much concentration of power in ANYones hands --- but it seems to me that left-leaning corporations (Silicon Valley) tend to get massive breaks and "understanding" from the general public whereas other big companies... big Pharma, oil, insurance companies, etcetera... get roasted on a daily basis agree??

@@SDsc0rch I've literally never heard any left-leaning person say that. What are you talking about?

@@Saztog1425 - ohgawdddd do now the leftist looooves big corporations hahahahaaaa shut up you NPC bot

Well said sir

sounds like you're just a greedy capitalist

Yea he seems furious..

I mean, what he's saying doesn't seem wrong tho.

$10B means nothing in comparison with the problems that he addressed. +what is your source, for those figures?

How so? Big Pharma has no ethics. People are still getting high in opium

Um he's talking about the fact that the FDA regulates the details and approved meds and safety.

Some people really do need those meds though. The problem is government getting strict on pain meds that some people who needed them was on for years and then all of a sudden, that med gets taken away from them and some end up going to street drugs to help themselves. The problem wasn't the person in legit pain or the Dr who HAD to by law believe their paitants. The problem was gov getting involved treating EVERYONE on those meds as "addicts" my dad is 78 with a broken back. I'm so sick of the pharmacys and doctors and gov treating him like he's a drug abuser. Those meds are a miracle for him and Every time he gets them, they want to take it away or get him off them. THAT'S NOT good. That's how people get withdrawals and end up using street drugs. People are NOT dying from pain meds. They are dying AFTER they get cut off!

He's right. Obamacare was written by a lobbyist of the pharmaceutical companies. It's no secret you can look it up here or PBS. 🇺🇲YES THEY CAN! 🇺🇲 🖐🏿🤑👍🏿

Zuckerberg has a history of cozying up to right-wing dictators,theocrats and authoritarians. He's a pig.

samrobin233 Three months ago, I was not accepted for a job because I don’t have a facebook account. The representative of the company said that they analyze the profile of facebook to know the type of people they are hiring, so if I didn’t have a facebook account they could not "really know me" so they could not hire me. I swear for god, I’m no even kidding I was never so scared as I was that day. when I told my friends they were making jokes like "this is so black mirror" but I was really worried. I live in Brasil btw

@@marteumar8429 that's actually crazy. Sorry to hear that happened to you. I'm sure not all companies are like that. Keep trying ! It's a strange world we live in

Don't forget Koch industries, Sinclair broadcasting, Fox News Corp, Chase, Goldman Sach's, etc.

3:58 There is your answer.

All the mainstream media wants death for facebook, since it can rival their power, and helped put Trump in office. Now that Political voting is getting close, facebook has been vigorously attacked for nearly a year now.

I'm bored too

power corrupts - absolute power corrupts absolutely was true back then what has changed??

Privacy lets ask NSA and CIA for spying(vault 7 and Edward Snowden) they forget the sins they did but will always hold other accountable- thats power for

Well, he could have a personal grudge.

Co founder? This guy has much influence and ties to Facebook as the next guy.

It's the way we elect people. We use a first past the post and winner take all format for elections. This leads to a 2 party system.

Same same but different!

You're kidding right..? That's been a known fact since the movies release in 2010.

David Wolf I’m as serious as a heart attack

The country is more important than friends. That's called patriotism.

You don't know the history

@@samlabo1688 In 6 lines tell it the way you know it...

His friends and advisors have been saying these things to him in private for a long time. He never listens, so they eventually go public.

@Đeath Vader you can pay real money to Facebook for certain goods/services, and they pay taxes which makes them susceptible to federal anti-trust laws

@Đeath Vader doesn't matter. So long as it's a for profit corporation, they are still susceptible to federal anti trust laws

@Đeath Vader they still make money via other services. Facebook is a for profit tech company. You need to do your research. The only way Facebook would be immune from federal anti-trust laws is if Facebook was a non profit organization which it is not. Why are you so against the idea of Facebook being broken up? And why are you arguing in circles on this topic?

@Đeath Vader They've just gotten too powerful, public discourse is now online instead of it happening in person. They shouldn't get to shape the discussion.

Kind of doubt it, yet again, who knows?

It looks more like you couldn't wait, so you made the comment yourself.

No he isn't jealous. The way he talks shows why mark zuckerberg is CEO and he was a lackey. No one is forcing anyone to use Facebook you always have the choice to use Minds.com or MySpace. There are several alternatives to WhatsApp , Instagram, Facebook,etc Similarly there are alternatives to Google and Amazon too. Simply use them.

It is owned by Google tho which isn't that much better at privacy

a) Facebook is an American company, so they are under American jurisdiction b) what are you proposing? One government for the whole world?

@@Zavendea United Nations can intervene.

Google owns youtube.

Stop using the services then.

@@NettechZelkova that's not the point

@@NettechZelkova how a bout you stop being so hasty and such a know it all in the comment section.

@@GorlicBreadz people don't want to start business and dominate but complain when other people do.

Do you know Facebook access collects information without you know it using how you interct with the platform. learn how they collect information for example if you like something or in the case of Google what type of video you watch or everything you serch even if you don't have an account.

He's got 500 million bucks....I'd be happy.

Nah. His arguments are important. Just look at 2016.... Russian trolls on facebook tried to sway public opinion to support Trump. www.bbc.com/news/technology-41182519 Happened right under their noses and they didn't know it until the election was over. How will we know the outcome of the next one won't be interfered with through FB without Facebook's knowledge too?

We’re living in a time with the biggest corporations ever, there’s more than Google ya dumb

Shhh, please don't talk like that about our Benevolent Overlord

Kenneth Robinson Google must be broken up too.

Katie • oof

*Mind blown

Cute

Katie • You mean FB and IG = FBIG

They'll have the same fate as Myspace.

But what about Instagram or whatsapp which are under Facebook?

Get the message bro. They own most of the social media platforms out there. It’s bigger than Facebook.

No, it isn't. The number of total fb users continues to grow every year. Just because you aren't active on it anymore doesn't mean it's not a growing danger.

@@theycallmeGUN no longer a thing in my country and it's the largest in South America 😅

You're missing the point. It's not about other companies, it's about Facebook, period. They're way too big, too irresponsible and Zuckerburg doesn't care one bit about who's days gets lost, stolen or illegally shared.

@@brianborst6432 lmao you must not have read the bottom part.

@Đeath Vader Have a look ;)