#1454 The Problem with Facebook is Facebook (Repost)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 11 December 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Original Air Date 11/9/2021
Today we take a look at the Facebook business model that is driving hate, lies, violence, extremism, and the breakdown of democracy around the world as well as some of the regulatory ideas geared toward reigning it in and mitigating the damage.
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SHOW NOTES
UCLA professor Ramesh Srinivasan, who says the papers confirm what many critics have warned about for years. “This new form of digital capitalism that I believe Facebook is trailblazing is one that is playing with our intimate emotions on every level."
Tristan and Aza go behind the headlines with Frances herself. We go deeper into the problems she exposed, discuss potential solutions, and explore her motivations — along with why she fundamentally believes change is possible.
We've been hearing about revelations from the leaked 'Facebook Papers.' What has the social media giant been doing, and what they haven't been doing, around the world? Guest: Sheera Frenkel, New York Times technology reporter.
Ch. 4: Zuckerberg's Metaverse - TyskySour - Air Date 10-29-21
Facebook is now Meta, and Mark Zuckerberg says our future is in the Metaverse. Is virtual reality the future of the internet, or Zuckerberg’s latest gimmick? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 9: The Science Fiction Origins of the Metaverse - On the Media - Air Date 11-5-21
Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer; Gene Seymour culture critic with work in Newsday, the Nation, etc; and Annalee Newitz science fiction author and science journalist, on the makings (and potential mishaps) of the metaverse.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments on Facebooks treatment of nonprofits and the actions you can take to call for regulation
TAKE ACTION!
Take part in The Facebook Logout, Nov. 10th-13th via Kairos & coalition - Read the demands
Call on DOJ, SEC, and FTC to Open Criminal Investigations into Facebook Execs via American Economic Liberties Project & MoveOn.org
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Description: A cardboard cutout of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing a black shirt that says "FACEBOOK" and holding a flag (referencing his infamous July 4th video where he rode a hydrofoil on a lake while holding a giant American flag). The flag is dark blue with white text that says "I know we harm kids, but i don't care." with a Facebook icon. A roadway with cars and a building with scaffolding can be seen in the background.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, you're about to hear one of our excellent episode handpicked from the archives. |
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| 0:17.1 | So for now, enjoy the fruits of our past labor and know that we are working |
| 0:21.6 | behind the scenes to keep the show going strong. |
| 0:23.9 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast, in which we shall take a look at |
| 0:32.8 | the Facebook business model that is driving hate, lies, violence, extremism, and the breakdown of |
| 0:38.5 | democracy around the world, as well as some of the regulatory ideas geared toward raining it in |
| 0:44.8 | and mitigating the damage. Clips today are from Democracy Now, Your Undivided Attention, |
| 0:50.8 | the Brian Lairer Show and Tisky Sour with additional members only clips from Your Undivided |
| 0:56.5 | Attention and on the media. |
| 1:04.5 | Thousands of pages of internal documents leaked by former Facebook product manager |
| 1:09.3 | turned whistleblower Francis Hogan are now the basis of a damning series of reports called the |
| 1:15.2 | Facebook papers being published this week. They show how the company's choices prioritize |
| 1:21.0 | profits over safety and how it tried to hide its own research from investors in the public. |
| 1:26.3 | A new story published this morning by the Associated Press finds the Facebook document show |
| 1:31.9 | the platform ignored some of its own research suggestions for addressing vaccine misinformation. |
| 1:38.4 | Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Monday during an earnings call with investors |
| 1:43.8 | calling the reports published quote, coordinated efforts to selectively use leaked documents to |
| 1:48.6 | paint a false picture of our company. But fallout from the Facebook papers continues to generate |
| 1:54.8 | political support for increased regulation. After testifying before Congress earlier this month on |
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