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Title:
The Facebook dilemma / directed by James Jacoby ; written and produced by Anya Bourg, James Jacoby ; co-producers, Megan Robertson, Pierre Takal ; produced in association with NDR ; a FRONTLINE production with Left/Right Docs ; FRONTLINE is a production of WGBH/Boston.
Author:
Bourg, Anya, television producer, screenwriter, interviewer.

Jacoby, James (Television producer), television director, television producer, screenwriter, interviewer.

Priest, Dana, interviewer.

Robertson, Megan, television producer.

Takal, Pierre, television producer, editor of moving image work, composer (expression)

Gould, Jeremy, director of photography.

Lyman, Will, 1948- narrator.

Wheeler, Lewis D., voice actor.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

Left/Right (Firm), production company.

Norddeutscher Rundfunk, production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2019]
Call Number:
HM851 .F33 2019
Abstract:
"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 in the U.S. and across the world, mounting crises have raised the question: How has Facebook's historic success as a social network brought about real-world harm? Drawing on dozens of original interviews and rare footage, this major, two-night television event investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room to a global empire. From how Russia weaponized Facebook to spread "fake news" in the Ukraine years before the term was popularized, to data breaches that would expose the accounts of millions of users, to Facebook's role in disseminating misinformation in the runup to the 2016 presidential election, The Facebook Dilemma reveals how a platform initially aimed at uniting us has often instead divided us -- and how Facebook has responded to challenges ranging from hate speech to election interference"--Container.
Added Uniform Title:
Contained in (work): Frontline (Television program)
ISBN:
9781531706371
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Widescreen.
Terms Governing Use:
Public performance rights - GCC, GCN.
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