An Ugly Truth

An instant New York Times Bestseller and winner of the SABEW Best in Business Award, *An Ugly Truth* is the definitive exposé on Facebook's fall from grace. Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang, whose work was named a Book of the Year by Fortune, Foreign Affairs, and WIRED, and hailed by The New York Times Book Review as 'the ultimate takedown,' reveal how the tech giant systematically prioritized growth and engagement over user safety. Drawing on unrivaled sources, Frenkel and Kang unveil the internal politics and leadership decisions under Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg that enabled the spread of misinformation, mishandled user data, and amplified hate speech. This riveting investigation argues that Facebook's repeated crises were not anomalies but an inevitable result of its fundamental design and ambition, detailing the devastating global consequences of a platform built to dominate, even at humanity's expense.

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