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Publisher Description
Toen Mark Zuckerberg op zijn universiteitscampus een website begon als sociaal netwerk kon niemand vermoeden dat die zou uitgroeien tot het grootste socialmediaplatform met bijna drie miljard gebruikers en een van de grootste bedrijven ter wereld met een waarde van meer dan 576 miljard dollar. Het bedrijf is machtig en alomtegenwoordig. Maar het is de laatste jaren ook kwetsbaar geworden door allerlei controverses: de beïnvloeding van verkiezingen, de verspreiding van fake news, de bescherming van de data van gebruikers en de groeiende onvrede over de acties van de oprichter en ceo. Dankzij exclusieve toegang beschrijft Steven Levy de geschiedenis van het bedrijf dat de wereld veranderde.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The social-media behemoth Facebook comes across as an idealistic but also shady, exploitative, and increasingly beleaguered entity in this clear-eyed history. Wired editor-at-large Levy (Hackers) treats Facebook largely as a projection of its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, whom he has covered for many years. His Zuckerberg is a talented entrepreneur whose motto, "move fast and break things," encapsulates a strategy of rapid software development and innovative products; a corporate predator who buys or crushes rivals; an off-putting nerd given to silent, unblinking stares underlings call them "Eye of Sauron" as his mental gears grind; a megalomaniac who used to end meetings by yelling, "Domination!"; and a messiah of digital connectedness (that conveniently lets him monetize information on everyone). Levy had extensive access to Facebook employees and paints a revealing and highly critical portrait of the company as it wrangled with charges that it violated users' privacy by sharing their data with advertisers and political operatives, and served as a vector for manipulative fake news, pro-Trump Russian propaganda, and hate speech. Levy's critique of Facebook is broad, but not always convincing: he's hard-pressed to show concretely how Facebook's privacy breaches have hurt anyone, and he's dismissive of Zuckerberg's free speech concerns about censoring Facebook content. Facebook-phobes will enjoy Levy's rich account of the company's creepy doings, but his take on Facebook's social impact smacks more of anxiety than thoughtful analysis.
