FACEBOOK PUSHES BACK

Facebook pushed back after one of the company’s founders called for it to be broken up Thursday, saying it would be better for lawmakers to instead impose new rules on the social network.

“Facebook accepts that with success comes accountability,” Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and communications, said in a statement on Thursday.

“But you don’t enforce accountability by calling for the breakup of a successful American company,” Clegg continued. “Accountability of tech companies can only be achieved through the painstaking introduction of new rules for the internet. That is exactly what Mark Zuckerberg has called for. Indeed, he is meeting Government leaders this week to further that work.”

Zuckerberg is planning to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern next week.