The Facebook Dilemma Part One

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4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

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, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful? FRONTLINE presents The Facebook Dilemma. This major, two-part film investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room to a global empire. With dozens of original interviews and rare footage, The Facebook Dilemma examines the powerful social media platform’s impact on privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to the Frontline Film Audio Track.
0:04.0	A reminder that you're listening to the audio version of our television documentary,
0:08.0	the Facebook Dilemma Part One.
0:10.0	If you're looking for Frontline's original podcast series,
0:14.0	search instead for the Frontline Dispatch in iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	The Frontline Film Audio Track
0:35.0	Tonight, Part One of a Two Night Special.
0:38.0	We faced a number of important issues around privacy, safety, and democracy.
0:44.0	Frontline Investigates Facebook.
0:47.0	We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility,
0:50.0	and it was my mistake, and I'm sorry.
0:52.0	Told by company insiders.
0:54.0	It's possible that we haven't been as fast as we needed to be.
0:56.0	We didn't too slow to act, and we didn't see it fast.
0:58.0	I think we were too slow.
1:00.0	And former employees.
1:02.0	Everybody was pretty upset that we hadn't caught it during the election.
1:04.0	Our Facebook was used to disrupt democracy around the globe.
1:08.0	I don't think any of us, Mark, included appreciated how much of an effect we might have had.
1:12.0	Corresponding James Jacobi takes a hard look at the man who wanted to connect the world.
1:17.0	Is he not recognizing the importance of his platform?
1:20.0	He didn't understand what he had built.
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