It is still quite precarious that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would give the power of the social media leviathan over to the world’s governments. Can’t Facebook’s creator figure out a way to regulate his own creation?

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Virginia's Public Square
It is still quite precarious that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would give the power of the social media leviathan over to the world’s governments. Can’t Facebook’s creator figure out a way to regulate his own creation?
Disregarding the wishes of private businesses and the concept of free speech, Mark Warner shows that power emanates from the Hill, not the Valley.
Following the now-famous “Zuckerberg hearing” in front of Congress two weeks ago, Facebook has announced today that users will soon be able to opt out of one of the tech giant’s key data gathering practices.