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This Facebook co-founder wants to split the company

Chris Hughes helped create the company when he was Mark Zuckerberg’s roommate at Harvard, and collected millions for his work. Now he’s working with academics to create arguments for dismantling the tech giant, Steve Lohr of the NYT reports.

Mr. Hughes has participated in meetings with regulators like the F.T.C., the Justice Department and state attorneys general. In those meetings, he has joined Scott Hemphill of New York University and Tim Wu of Columbia in laying out an antitrust case against Facebook.

Their case: Facebook has used acquisitions over the years — including purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp — to neutralize potential rivals, charge advertisers higher prices and create worse experiences for users.