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The book Facebook doesn't want you to readAward-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in an explosive, news-making expos. In An Ugly Truth, they reveal in vivid detail how under the leadership of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, one of the most powerful companies in the world tried to deny a damning fact - that Facebook has become a conduit for disinformation, hate speech, and political propaganda - while continuing to relentlessly pursue growth.For the past four years, Facebook has been under constant fire, roiled by cascading 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.
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Sheera Frenkel covers cybersecurity from San Francisco for the . Previously, she spent over a decade in the Middle East as a foreign correspondent, reporting for , the of London and McClatchy Newspapers. Based in Washington, DC, Cecilia Kang covers technology and regulatory policy for the . Before joining the paper in 2015, she reported on technology and business for the for ten years. Along with Cecilia Kang, she was part of the team of investigative journalists recognized as 2019 Finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. The team also won the George Polk Award for National Reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative Reporting.
