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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Technological and economic shifts fueled Facebook’s rise and a dangerous internal culture.
Chapter 3: Facebook voraciously gathers user data and has repeatedly shown disregard for privacy.
Chapter 4: Facebook uses brain hacking to keep you online as long as possible, boosting its profits.
Chapter 5: Filter-bubbles intensify polarization of opinions.
Chapter 6: Russia exploited Facebook as a covert yet powerful tool to sway US elections.
Chapter 7: The Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed Facebook’s reckless stance on data privacy.
Chapter 8: Facebook and other tech behemoths must be firmly regulated to curb the harm they cause.
Description
Zucked (2019) is one early Facebook investor’s personal warning about the dangers of the platform. It vividly describes how Facebook is damaging both public health and the health of our democracies. From manipulating public opinion to building our addiction to technology, the picture painted in Zucked is of a business unmoored from civic or moral responsibility.
Who Should Listen
- Everyone who uses Facebook
- People concerned about data privacy, the manipulation of public opinion or tech-addiction
- Anyone interested in the future of social media and tech-giants