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English
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"Once one of Silicon Valley's greatest success stories, Facebook has been under constant fire for the past five years, roiled by controversies and crises. It turns out that while the tech giant was connecting the world, they were also mishandling users' data, spreading fake news, and amplifying dangerous, polarizing hate speech ... Drawing on their unrivaled sources, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang take readers inside the complex court politics, alliances...
2) Facebook
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"This title examines Facebook, the social media website. Readers will learn about company history and development, how Facebook operates, issues the company faces such as cyberbullying, and its impact on society. Key components such as News Feed and Like are also explored. Color photos accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a company profile, mini bios of company founders, timeline, fast facts, informative sidebars, and section...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg's dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. Bonus features include audio commentaries with David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin and cast....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
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On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
372 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"How did a nineteen-year-old Harvard student create a company that has transformed the Internet and how did he grow it to its current enormous size? In half a decade, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but millions of adults worldwide. As Facebook spreads around the globe, it creates surprising...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A behind-the-scenes look at the manipulative tactics Facebook used to grow its business, how it distorted the way we connect online, and the company insiders who found the courage to speak out"--
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
592 pages cm
Language
English
Description
"In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon students nationwide were on Facebook. Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from Zuckerberg's first, modest iteration. It has grown into a tech giant, the largest social media platform and one of the most gargantuan companies in the world, with a valuation of more than $576 billion and almost...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Instead of buying the myths these companies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions. How did the Four infiltrate our lives so completely that theyre almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why does the stock market forgive them for sins that would destroy other firms? And as they race to become the worlds first trillion-dollar company, can anyone challenge them?
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Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo USA
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
308 pages
Language
Español
Description
"Facebook lleva varios años en el ojo del huracán. Desde que estalló el escándalo de Cambridge Analytica y la campaña de desinformación rusa intenta esquivar una avalancha de controversias y demandas relacionadas con su estrategia empresarial. Mientras el gigante tecnológico presume de crear un mundo interconectado en el que poder expresarse con libertad, viola la privacidad de sus usuarios y propaga una epidemia de desinformación tóxica...
11) The power of one: how I found the strength to tell the truth and why I blew the whistle on Facebook
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2023].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The inside story of one woman's battles against Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives. In 2021, when news outlets feasted on 'the Facebook Files,' Frances Haugen went public as the former employee who blew the whistle on the company by copying tens of thousands of pages of documents. She testified to Congress and spoke to the media. She was hailed at President Biden's first State of the...
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