According to Frontline on Public Broadcasting Service, the promise of Facebook was to create a more open and connected world.
But from the company’s failure to protect millions of users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful? This major, two-night event investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room to a global empire.
With dozens of original interviews and rare footage, The Facebook Dilemma examines the powerful social media platform’s impact on privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/facebook-dilemma/?utm_campaign=…
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Executive concerns of “over-enforcement” let hate speech through, report says.
As the US heads toward a crucial and contentious presidential election, the world`s largest social network is facing an unprecedented cultural crisis.
Watch FRONTLINE`s documentary investigating how Facebook’s relentless pursuit of growth impacted privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world.
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About a dozen U.S. senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet`s Google, from favoring their products and services.
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