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As the FTC and States Sue Facebook, Revisit ‘The Facebook Dilemma’
Watch FRONTLINE's 2018 documentary on the social media behemoth's growth and its consequences.
December 9, 2020
Flashback: Inside Facebook’s First Tangle with the FTC
This week’s $5 billion fine isn’t the first time Facebook has settled with the FTC over privacy violations.
July 26, 2019
Facebook Tackles Misinformation Around the 2020 Census
Facebook announces its plan to stop the spread of misinformation around the first-ever electronic census.
July 2, 2019
FRONTLINE Wins Peabody Award for “The Facebook Dilemma”
The documentary investigated a trail of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room to a global empire.
April 16, 2019
"Seeded in Social Media": Jailed Philippine Journalist Says Facebook is Partly Responsible for Her Predicament
The arrest this month of Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, which experts believe is a retaliatory move for exposing violence-inciting fake accounts on Facebook linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, raises the question of the company’s culpability for her dangerous predicament.
February 25, 2019
Press Advocates Call Arrest of Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa "Politically Motivated"
Press freedom advocates view journalist Maria Ressa's arrest as an escalation of ongoing retaliation for adverse reporting of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
February 13, 2019
Introducing the Interactive Version of "The Facebook Dilemma"
A note from FRONTLINE Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath about the new installment of The FRONTLINE Transparency Project.
December 4, 2018
Finding Zuckerberg: How FRONTLINE Amassed an Archive of the Facebook Founder
While researching and making “The Facebook Dilemma,” co-producer Megan Robertson watched so much archival material of Mark Zuckerberg that she started mirroring the Facebook founder’s speech patterns.
December 4, 2018
Coming in December on FRONTLINE
Watch "The Facebook Dilemma" both on-air -- and as a new, digital interactive. Plus: We'll bring you new episodes of our podcast, and a countdown of our most-streamed docs of 2018.
December 4, 2018
Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa, Facing Tax Charges, Vows to "Hold Government to Account"
Maria Ressa, a prominent Filipina journalist, had just returned to the Philippines after several weeks abroad where she received journalism and press freedom awards.
December 3, 2018
Brad Parscale, Trump’s 2020 Campaign Manager, Calls Facebook Ad Policy “A Gift”
Brad Parscale, the campaign manager for President Trump’s re-election, described the Trump 2016 campaign’s playbook for Facebook advertising in detail.
November 28, 2018
Facebook Executive Monika Bickert: “We’ve Been Too Slow” to Respond
Facebook executive Monika Bickert acknowledged the company had not done enough to curb content that incited violence, despite clear warnings.
November 21, 2018
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