Facebook: The Inside Story

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One of the Best Technology Books of 2020-Financial Times "Levy's all-access Facebook reflects the reputational swan dive of its subject. . . . The result is evenhanded and devastating."-San Francisco Chronicle "[Levy's] evenhanded conclusions are still damning."-Reason "[He] doesn't shy from asking the tough questions."-The Washington Post "Reminds you the HBO show Silicon Valley did not have to reach far for its satire."-NPR.org The definitive history, packed with untold stories, of one of America's most controversial and powerful companies: Facebook As a college sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from its first, modest iteration. In light of recent controversies surrounding election-influencing "fake news" accounts, the handling of its users' personal data, and growing discontent with the actions of its founder and CEO-who has enormous power over what the world sees and says-never has a company been more ...