Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris weigh in on whether they think Facebook should be broken up by the government.
Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., weighed in Sunday on whether they think Facebook should be broken up by the government in light of a co-founder saying this week that the company lacked accountability and should be split.
Warren's call"sounds more like a Donald Trump thing to say, like, 'I'm going to break up you guys' ... no," Booker said.When pressed on his remark about Warren, Booker said he"most certainly did not" compare her with Trump, adding that the Massachusetts senator is his"friend." she authored calling for the breakup of big tech, Warren said the government needed to do so to"restore the balance of power in our democracy, to promote competition, and to ensure that the next generation of technology innovation is as vibrant as the last."," Harris went further than Booker in calling for action. Asked if Facebook should be broken up, Harris said,"Yes, I think we have to seriously take a look at that, yes.
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