Key Insights From:
An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
By Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang
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12 Minute Read
Published: Jul 13, 2021
Key Insights From:
An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
By Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang
Audio Available |
12 Minute Read
Published: Jul 13, 2021
What You'll Learn:
Despite 2 billion users and $85.9 billion in revenue, Facebook is gradually losing respect in the public eye. Amid international privacy concerns, antitrust lawsuits, and a long history of questionable practices, the platform is at an unprecedented standstill and a moment that may reorient the company’s future. Expert journalists Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang explore the prophetic beginnings, shady inner workings, and present situation of Facebook—a phenomenon they argue was fated for disorder from its first click into being.
Key Insights:
- Entrepreneurial details bored Zuckerberg—all he wanted to do was work on his creation.
- Sheryl Sandberg transformed Facebook from a stalling startup to a Silicon Valley standard.
- Before the Russians fiddled with Facebook’s structure, the platform had some unaddressed “data” issues.
- Facebook is a cutthroat juggernaut that various officials want to cut down to size.
- Facebook is working on a status update—though it may take a while to appear.
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