Zuckerberg laid out his plan to split Facebook's product in a 3,200-word blogpost published in March.
Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty ImagesDuring an earnings call with analysts, Mark Zuckerberg responded to a question about his plans to carve up Facebook in two — a public"townhall" and a more private, encrypted service.Mark Zuckerberg gave a few more details on his plan to split Facebook in two during the company's earning call on Wednesday.3,200-word blogpost published last month
It isn't totally clear what this means in practice, but likely would involve knitting Facebook's various messaging platforms on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger together to form an interoperable, encrypted service.Mark Zuckerberg says his vision to divide Facebook's products in two could put its $56 billion business model at risk
"I think that this is going to be a central focus for the company for the next five years or longer," Zuckerberg answered. He said that the company will spend at least one year consulting with experts, government, and law enforcement before launching the closed-off private service. "A few years ago, we probably would've rolled this out and tried to deal with issues as they came up with but now part of our new approach of trying to be more proactive about social issues is trying to build in from the ground up, getting this right upfront."
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