# Prof. Aswath Damodaran on the current management of Facebook

1 Faculty News February 24, 2012 ![MSNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030725.jpg?itok=1TPLKUHG)>

Excerpt from [MSNBC](http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/24/10489066-long-term-investments-in-facebook-could-be-a-bad-bet-experts-warn) -- “Right now you have a situation at Facebook where there’s a benevolent dictatorship, but my concern is they tend to become malevolent dictatorships, and that can hurt you when it comes to the pinch."

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