His remarks could hardly come at a less convenient time for Facebook, either, after a chastening week for its Libra cryptocurrency project. The founder and then - CEO of Salesforce has joined the growing list of business and political figures calling for Facebook to be broken up . A year after comparing the company to “ cigarettes ” , Marc Benioff said Facebook is addictive , runs untruthful political ads and co - mingles the personal data of the companies it acquires . Congress should pass a law demanding truthful political ads on social media sites , he added . Benioff ’s attack came a few days after several backers pulled out of Facebook ’s libra cryptocurrency project .
The founder and then - CEO of Salesforce has joined the growing list of business and political figures calling for Facebook to be broken up . A year after comparing the company to “ cigarettes ” , Marc Benioff said Facebook is addictive , runs untruthful political ads and co - mingles the personal data of the companies it acquires . Congress should pass a law demanding truthful political ads on social media sites , he added . Benioff ’s attack came a few days after several backers pulled out of Facebook ’s libra cryptocurrency project .