La verdad sobre Facebook

In September 2021, the Wall Street Journal published an exclusive that shook the world: Facebook was aware of the serious harmful effects it was causing on society, but it was not interested in remedying it. A month later, the person responsible for leaking the confidential files that proved it came out of anonymity. This is Frances Haugen. The young former Facebook worker accused Mark Zuckerberg's company of putting its economic benefits before the well-being and safety of its users. Haugen left the company in May 2021, but not before collecting tens of thousands of internal documents that were dubbed the "Facebook Papers." In her testimony before the United States Senate, the computer science exposed how the platform -today called Meta- ignored the reports and investigations that warned of the negative impact of its technology on society. Haugen, who worked in the department in charge of monitoring misinformation and hate speech on the social network, explains in detail through these pages the way in which the technology giant contributes to mental health problems in adolescents, encourages the dissemination of hoaxes and allows the existence of illegal businesses on its website. This book sheds light on one of the great issues of our time: the mechanism of Big Tech algorithms that, by rewarding extremist behavior and amplifying incitement to violence, foster social polarization and weaken our democracies. The truth about Facebook is a controversial and revealing book that provides a new vision on the ethical implications of digital companies in a society governed by the tyranny of the click.