The Ugly Truth About Facebook’s Priorities

The Ugly Truth About Facebook’s PrioritiesTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1703, Segment 5

Oct 6, 2021 • 22m

Facebook deliberately boosts content it knows is harmful in order to keep people – including children – hooked on it. That’s the accusation of a whistleblower who leaked internal Facebook documents to the Wall Street Journal and then testified in Congress this week. New York Times reporters Cecilia Kang reached a similar conclusion in a new book. “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination” is co-authored by Sheera Frankel. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

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