Zuckerberg's control of Facebook is near absolute – who will hold him accountable? | Julia Carrie Wong
by Julia Carrie Wong from Technology | The Guardian on (#43EPV)
The Facebook CEO agreed in a CNN interview that his power needs to be checked, but he has no plans to limit it himself
With 2.2 billion members, Facebook is larger than any single nation, language or even religion. And as founder, chief executive, chairman of the board of directors and controller of 60% of the company's voting shares, Mark Zuckerberg's power is near absolute.
Which is why it was almost reassuring that when CNN's Laurie Segall asked Zuckerberg in an interview aired Tuesday, "Shouldn't your power be checked?"
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