CWA: Break Up Facebook

The Communications Workers of America has joined the Freedom from Facebook coalition and is backing the effort to get the Federal Trade Commission to break up Facebook. “We should all be deeply concerned by Facebook’s power over our lives and democracy," said CWA strategist Brian Thorn in a statement. "It’s time for the FTC to hold Facebook accountable, impose strong privacy rules on the platform, and break up the monopoly. Anything else would be unfair to the American people, our privacy, and our democracy.” Freedom from Facebook wants the FTC to find that Facebook is in violation of its 2011 consent decree and then break up the company. Coalition members include The Open Markets Institute, Demand Progress, Citizens Against Monopoly, Content Creators Coalition, and MoveOn Civic Action.