The Facebook Dilemma Part 2 /

Frontline examines Facebook's response to charges of promoting "fake news" and disrupting American politics. Dozens of interviews and rare footage show the company's role in sowing division worldwide and the challenges facing the powerful social media platform.

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Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2018]
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (53 min., 17 sec)) : sound, color.
Series: Facebook Dilemma.
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Summary: Frontline examines Facebook's response to charges of promoting "fake news" and disrupting American politics. Dozens of interviews and rare footage show the company's role in sowing division worldwide and the challenges facing the powerful social media platform.
Item Description: Originally released by PBS, 2018.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 04, 2019.
2016 Presidential Campaign (4:24); Rise of "Fake News" (4:55); What is Facebook's Responsibility? (2:16); Polarization and Profits (2:45); Facebook Backlash (3:37); Russian Links to Misinformation (4:05); Russians Exploit Polarization (3:37); "Patriotic Trolling" (4:33); Ethnic Tensions in Myanmar (3:49); Facebook Responds to Myanmar (4:18); Cambridge Analytica (5:06); Facebook Abuses (7:29); Credits: The Facebook Dilemma: Part 2 (1:02);
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Frontline examines Facebook's response to charges of promoting "fake news" and disrupting American politics. Dozens of interviews and rare footage show the company's role in sowing division worldwide and the challenges facing the powerful social media platform.
9 - 12, Academic/AP.
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (53 min., 17 sec)) : sound, color.
Format: Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 9 - 12, Academic/AP.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.