https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/09/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-calls-for-the-company-to-be-broken-up.html > Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes issued a forceful call for regulators to break up the company he helped build in a New York Times op-ed published Thursday. > Hughes, who left Facebook to work for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, said that from his own experience building and working inside the company, Facebook now has more power than a private sector entity is due. While emphasizing his belief that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is has good intentions overall, he said the executive has far too much unchecked power, aided by his majority voting stake in the company.