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An ugly truth: inside Facebook's battle for dominion / Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang.

By: Frenkel, Sheera [author.]Contributor(s): Kang, Cecilia [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Bridge Street Press, c2021Description: x, 351 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780349144061 [paperback]Subject(s): Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984- | Online social networks -- Social aspects | Online social networks -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Business & Economics / Leadership.

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.