Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes desperately wants Facebook broken up: Report

Facebook has been fighting one crisis after or for quite some time w. w, its co-founder Chris Hughes desperately wants Facebook broken up. Hughes is reportedly talking to US government about breaking up Facebook, according to New York Times.

Hughes has been working with leing antitrust acemics, Scott Hemphill of New York University and Tim Wu of Columbia University. trio has h meetings with Federal Tre Commission (FTC), Justice Department and state attorneys general.

Although Hughes' exact role in dismantling company he founded is unclear, his involvement certainly stands primarily because of his relationship with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Last month, Hughes said in an interview with CNBC that he has t heard from Zuckerberg since calling publicly for breakup of Facebook.

In last year, major tech companies have come under massive scrutiny. Justice Department is w probing into some biggest techlogy companies and wher ir online platforms have hurt competition.

Of late, Hughes has become extremely critical of social media giant in public.

Th coincides with FTC anuncing a record $5 billion fine against Facebook stemming from its investigation into Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.

Who is Chris Hughes

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Chris left Facebook more than a dece ago. He first worked as Facebook's spokesperson from his dorm room with Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Hughes later moved to Palo Alto to work on product team.

More trouble for Facebook

Russian involvement in 2016 U.S. presidential election, fake news and scandal over improper use of personal data of as many as 87 million users by data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which was affiliated with President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, has put Facebook in a very tough position.

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In related news, Australian government released a report Friday recommending tighter oversight over multinational digital platforms including Google and Facebook, to ensure fairness for or media businesses and give people more control over how ir data is used.

(With inputs from AP)