Zucked : waking up to the Facebook catastrophe / Roger McNamee.

Zucked : waking up to the Facebook catastrophe / Roger McNamee.

Alternate Title
Waking up to the Facebook catastrophe

By
McNamee, Roger.

Publication Date
2019

Publication Information
New York : Penguin Press,

Physical Description
336 p.

Subject Term
Online social networks -- Political aspects.
 
Disinformation.
 
Technological innovations.

Geographic Term
United States -- Politics and government.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. Still a large shareholder in Facebook, he had every good reason to stay on the bright side. Until he simply couldn't. ZUCKED is McNamee's intimate reckoning with the catastrophic failure of the head of one of the world's most powerful companies to face up to the damage he is doing. It's a story that begins with a series of rude awakenings. First there is the author's dawning realization that the platform is being manipulated by some very bad actors. Then there is the even more unsettling realization that Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are unable or unwilling to share his concerns, polite as they may be to his face.

Language
English

ISBN
9780525561354


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction302.30285 M45Checked In
St. John's - Michael Donovan (SJB)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction302.30285 M45Checked In