An Ugly Truth Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
eAudio - 2021
"The ultimate takedown." – New York Times Book ReviewAward-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in a riveting, behind-the-scenes exposé that offers the definitive account of Facebook's fall from grace. Once one of Silicon Valley's greatest success stories, Facebook has been under constant fire for the past five years, roiled by controversies and crises. It turns out that while the tech giant was connecting the world, they were also mishandling users' data, spreading fake news, and amplifying dangerous, polarizing hate speech.The company, many said, had simply lost its way. But the truth is far more complex. Leadership decisions enabled, and then attem...pted to deflect attention from, the crises. Time after time, Facebook's engineers were instructed to create tools that encouraged people to spend as much time on the platform as possible, even...
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File Size | 303 GB |
Parts | 12 |
ISBN | 9780062960696 |
Release Date | 7/13/2021 |
OverDrive Listen audiobook | |
File Size | 303 GB |
ISBN | 9780062960696 |
Release Date | 7/13/2021 |