Facebook, Fake News, and Democracy

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🗓️ 10 October 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Sam talks to journalist Max Read about his recent New York Magazine cover story, "Does Mark Zuckerberg Know What Facebook Is?" Max writes about Facebook's role in the 2016 election as the company grapples how to handle fake news, free speech, and political advertising. Email the show at [email protected] and follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers and Embedded is back.
0:03.4	President Donald Trump has no record of public service,
0:06.4	but he does have a record in business and on TV.
0:10.9	In our latest round of stories, we introduce you
0:12.7	to the people who were there as he built an empire and a name.
0:17.3	Listen on the NPR1 app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:21.5	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here.
0:28.4	It's been a minute.
0:29.5	Every Tuesday on the show, we bring you a deep dive.
0:32.2	Today, a conversation about Facebook.
0:34.7	It's a very weird time for the company right now.
0:37.2	Next month, reps from Facebook will appear before Congress
0:40.2	to testify about political ads they sold to Russians.
0:43.6	Those were ads that were apparently targeted
0:45.6	at specific swing states in last year's election.
0:48.6	One lawmaker said social media sites like Facebook
0:51.3	have become so big, so quickly,
0:53.6	the sites can't keep up with how they're being misused.
0:56.2	Meanwhile, Donald Trump's digital ad director
0:58.8	has said publicly that Facebook was how they won
1:01.6	by targeting rule voters in particular.
1:04.2	Anyway, all this is percolating,
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