Breaking Up Facebook Wouldn't Work, Haugen Suggests
October 05 2021 - 2:30PM
Dow Jones News
By Ryan Tracy
In response to a question from Sen. Todd Young (R. Ind.),
Frances Haugen expressed doubt over whether breaking up Facebook
Inc. would solve the problems she described.
"I'm actually against the breaking up of Facebook," she said.
"The problems here about the design of algorithms, of AI" and
executives could make similar choices even if Facebook and
Instagram were separate companies.
She suggested that if the companies were separate, but Instagram
generated more revenue than Facebook over time, Facebook might have
less of an ability to make the main Facebook platform safe.
"Facebook will continue to be this Frankenstein that is altering,
that is endangering lives around the world, only there won't be
money to fund it," she said.
The FTC is pursuing an antitrust lawsuit that seeks to break up
Facebook, and many members of Congress have said they believe that
if Facebook had more competition it would be more likely to address
concerns about harmful impacts of its products. Facebook says it
faces substantial competition.
Write to Ryan Tracy at ryan.tracy@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 05, 2021 14:15 ET (18:15 GMT)
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