Sanders the latest to voice support for breaking up Facebook

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday expressed support for breaking up Facebook, as several other 2020 presidential candidates have also done. 

When asked by Politico whether anti-trust action should be taken against the social media giant, Sanders said, “The answer is yes of course.”

“We have a monopolistic— an increasingly monopolistic society where you have a handful of very large corporations having much too much power over consumers,”  he added. {mosads}

He did not answer the news outlet’s question as to whether he also supported breaking up Amazon and Google.

The Hill has reached out to Sanders’ campaign and Facebook for comment. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in March called for the break up of Facebook, Amazon and Google. 

“To restore the balance of power in our democracy, to promote competition, and to ensure that the next generation of technology innovation is as vibrant as the last, it’s time to break up our biggest tech companies,” she wrote in a post on Medium.

According to Politico, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has also supported breaking up Facebook. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Sunday that politicians “need to take a serious look at breaking up” the tech company. A few days later former Vice President Joe Biden said breaking up tech companies such as Facebook is “something we should take a really hard look at.”

When asked about such an idea, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said that he believes corporate consolidation is a big problem, but took issue with the idea of calling to break up specific companies “without any kind of process.”

Sanders is among more than 20 people vying for the Democratic Party’s 2020 nomination.