Mark Zuckerberg ought to resign as CEO, states ex-Facebook security chief

Facebook’s previous security chief states Mark Zuckerberg has actually accumulated excessive power and ought to resign as president of the social networking giant.

“There’s a legit argument that he has too much power,” Alex Stamos stated at the Collision Conference in Toronto on Tuesday. “He needs to give up some of that power. If I was him, I would go hire a new CEO for the company.”

Finding somebody to run the business would enable Zuckerberg to turn his attention to structure items, Stamos stated in remarks initially reported by CNBC. Stamos, who left the business in 2018, even has actually a recommended replacement in mind: Microsoft President Brad Smith.

Product is “where his passion is,” Stamos stated. “He should hire a CEO that can help signal both internally and externally that the culture has to change.”

Zuckerberg and Facebook have actually been facing a series of personal privacy and security concerns over the in 2015, consisting of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, issues about disinformation and has a hard time over moderating its platform. The social media has actually drawn in the refuse of legislators, and anticipates a fine of as much as $5 billion for its personal privacy offenses.

Stamos is well familiarized with the topic, having actually played a main function in Facebook’s action to disturbance on its platform by Russian giants in the 2016 United States governmental election. He likewise has a track record for challenging other business leaders about challenging personal privacy concerns.

Facebook has actually experienced quick development recently, sustained by acquisitions, consisting of Instagram and WhatsApp, a messaging service. Critics have actually likewise argued that Facebook’s huge power requires to be kept in check.

Chris Hughes, who co-founded Facebook with Zuckerberg while they were trainees at Harvard, stated in a New York Times op-ed previously this month that Zuckerberg has excessive power and required the social media to be separated.

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Calls to break up Facebook aren’t new, but Stamos argued that such a move wouldn’t solve issues such as disinformation campaigns or manipulating ad targeting for political purposes.

“There’s a lot of excitement for antitrust because it feels good to be like ‘I hate this company, so let’s break it up,'” Stamos said. “Having three companies that have the same fundamental problems doesn’t make anything better.”

Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.