An ugly truth : inside Facebook's battle for domination / Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang.
By: Frenkel, Sheera [author.]
Contributor(s): Kang, Cecilia [author.]
Language: English Publisher: London : The Bridge Street Press, 2022Description: x, 351 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780349144061Other title: Inside Facebook's battle for dominationSubject(s): Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984- | Sandberg, Sheryl | Sandberg, Sheryl | Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984- | Facebook (Firm) | Facebook (Firm) | Online social networks -- Social aspects | Online social networks -- Political aspects | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership | POLITICAL SCIENCE | Internet | Information and communication technologies | Online social networks -- Political aspects | Online social networks -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Business & Economics / Leadership. | Business & Economics.DDC classification: 302.30285 LOC classification: HM743.F33 | F74 2022| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue. At any cost -- Don't poke the bear -- The next big thing -- What business are we in? -- The rat catcher -- The warrant canary -- A pretty crazy idea -- Company over country -- Delete Facebook -- Think before you share -- The wartime leader -- Coalition of the willing -- Existential threat -- The Oval interference -- Good for the world -- The long game.
"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 ... Drawing on their unrivaled sources, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang take readers inside the complex court politics, alliances and rivalries within the company to shine a light on the fatal cracks in the architecture of the tech behemoth"-- Provided by publisher.
Sheera Frenkel covers cybersecurity from San Francisco for the New York Times. Previously, she spent more than a decade in the Middle East as a foreign correspondent, reporting for BuzzFeed, NPR, the Times of London, and McClatchy newspapers.
Based in Washington, DC, Cecilia Kang covers technology and regulatory policy for the New York Times. Before joining the paper in 2015, she reported on technology and business for the Washington Post for ten years.
Frenkel and Kang were part of the team of investigative journalists recognized as 2019 Finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. the team also won the George Polk Award for National reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative Reporting.
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