An Ugly Truth
by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang
Two New York Times reporters on Facebook's 2016 to 2021: Russian interference, Cambridge Analytica, Myanmar and the leadership decisions behind them. Thorough and critical.
Read it if…
you want the critical companion to The Facebook Effect.
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Skip it if…
you want the founding years.
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Three things you will actually use
- Growth incentives override safety.
- Leadership sets what gets measured.
- Scale makes small choices enormous.
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Read the chapters on the 2016 election response.
Our verdict
Facebook's hard years.
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