The US government wants to break up Facebook. Good - it s long overdue Matt Stoller and Shaoul Sussman © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Graeme Jennings/AFP/Getty Images
This week the government filed a ground-breaking antitrust suit against Facebook, seeking to break up the corporation for monopolistic practices. The suit comes on the heels of a similar case against Google, as well as an aggressive Democrat-authored Congressional report recommending taking apart not just Google and Facebook, but Apple and Amazon as well.
The evidence against Facebook seems overwhelming, with enforcers pointing to internal email conversations in which CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his colleagues allegedly conspired to monopolize the social media space by buying rivals and stifling competitors. Proof of intent to violate antitrust law appears to be ample. Yet news articles covering the case describe it as “far from a slam dunk,” and competition law experts predict that enfo
It s time for US authorities to move fast and break things
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For Facebook, the breakup threat gets real
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Facebook’s 3-Word Remote Work Policy Is Simple Enough Every Business Should Copy It Inc. 12/10/2020 Jason Aten
Be intentional about the experience you create for your in-office and remote teams.
Like many tech companies, Facebook has had most of its workforce working from home over the past eight months. The company has even told employees they should expect that to continue until July 2021. After that, Facebook says it plans to eventually have at least half of its workforce working remotely permanently.
To facilitate that, the company is hiring a director of remote work, who will be responsible for managing the employee experience of those who aren t working in the office.