What’s on Mark’s Mind?: Journalist Sheera Frenkel on the “Ugly Truth” about Facebook

Inside the Hive

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This week, New York Times reporter Sheera Frenkel, coauthor of the blockbuster book “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination,” describes her and coauthor Cecilia Kang's deep dive into the history and ambitions of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. How and why did Zuck allow his tech behemoth to become a hothouse of hate speech, misinformation and coordinated attacks on world governments? And what has he done about it? Frenkel explains to cohost Joe Hagan how Zuckerberg's pursuit of power has run roughshod over social responsibility, as he cashes in on Kumbaya connectivity instead. With Donald Trump suing Facebook for temporarily evicting him and Joe Biden accusing the platform of “killing people” by spreading vaccine misinformation, Zuckerberg keeps his eyes on the 5 billion customers that remain to be converted to the platform. An in-depth conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:05.3	The quarter rates which I'm wearing.
0:06.5	This pink mini skirt.
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0:09.4	Probably my unif choke boots.
0:11.0	This pair of jeans, I wear them all the time.
0:12.6	The main one, I'm quite into the moment, is extreme layering.
0:15.6	Ranch.
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0:22.3	Baggy relaxed and a bit out there.
0:24.4	Necher short, I barely short short.
0:26.5	That's like my favorite outfit at the moment.
0:28.8	I got it on Depa.
0:34.4	Welcome back to Inside the Hive.
0:36.5	This is Joe Haken.
0:38.4	Solo today without my co-host Emily Jane Fox.
0:42.0	But not solo because I have a lovely guest here.
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