Facebook's 'monopoly power' hurts user privacy, finds Congress

When it comes to protecting users' privacy and fighting the spread of misinformation, Facebook is getting worse. 
So claims a 449-page congressional report released Tuesday, which pins Facebook's multitude of failings, at least in part, on a troubling lack of competition in the social networking space. Facebook, in other words, is a monopoly — and we're all suffering as a result. 
The report is the result of a 15-month investigation into the anticompetitive practices of Facebook,