The Communications Workers of America, the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, has joined the Freedom from Facebook movement. Although we all might like to spend a little less time on Facebook, the aims of the coalition are not so modest: They want to force the tech giant to break into smaller companies. As far as protecting users’ data, breaking up Facebook is a misguided crusade.
Public scrutiny is the best tool the public has in protecting user data, and Facebook is facing massive scrutiny today precisely because it is so large.
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