.ewarren claps back at Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg over breaking up big tech companies
Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren shot back at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday for his criticism of her plan to break up big technology companies, including his own.by The Verge, Zuckerberg can be heard sharing his disdain for Warren's plan with employees.
"And does that still suck for us? Yeah," Zuckerberg continued."I mean, I don't want to have a major lawsuit against our own government ... But look, at the end of the day, if someone's going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight." Warren was quick to respond after the audio's publication, knocking Zuckerberg and his social media platform. She accused Facebook of stifling competition, abusing users' privacy rights and contributing to foreign election interference.
"What would really 'suck' is if we don't fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy," she wrote in a tweet."I'm not afraid to hold Big Tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon accountable. It's time to #BreakUpBigTech.
One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, April 10, 2018.
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