cyber security and, 97–98
decline of Yahoo’s buyout offer, 30–32, 44
earnings call in 2021 and, 298–299
election of 2016, 113–116
election security and, 210
employees’ internal conversations and, 70
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and, 295–296
free speech issues and, 74–75, 252–261, 263, 269, 281
goals of global expansion and end of economic inequality, 173–177
Goldberg’s death and, 79
hate speech and disinformation issues, 11, 193, 204–208, 275–277
hearing regarding Libra and, 256–257
Kaplan and Kavanaugh hearings and, 201–202
Kaplan’s organization of dinners with politicians, 243–247
manipulated video of Pelosi and, 236–240
meets Sandberg, 4
News Feed and apology for, 32–36
Nuñez’s reporting and, 79
personal privacy and image guarded by, 4, 65–66
personality of, 29–30, 45–46, 48–49
philanthropy of, 174, 262
“pivot to privacy” and reactions to, 222–227, 235
plans for Facebook’s future, 299–300
portrayed in attorneys general complaint, 2
public opinion and, 257–258
reaction to Hughes’ New York Times op-ed, 219–222
reaction to Stamos’ 2015 report on data security, 7, 8–10
reorganization of Facebook in 2018 and, 193–194
responsible growth and, 86
reversing of promises made when acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp, 2, 194, 227–229
Russian disinformation investigation and, 117, 118–119, 120, 121, 126, 134, 136–137, 139, 142, 147, 196, 204
Sandberg’s hiring and, 43–47
testimony before Congress, 150–151, 153, 160–167, 210
Trump banned by, 290–292, 294
“wartime” leadership philosophy and, 189–193, 207
working relationship with Sandberg, 54–57, 86–87, 190, 260–261
yearly goals of, 261–263
About the Authors
Sheera Frenkel covers cybersecurity from San Francisco for the New York Times. Previously, she spent more than a decade in the Middle East as a foreign correspondent, reporting for BuzzFeed, NPR, the Times of London, and McClatchy newspapers.
Based in Washington, DC, Cecilia Kang covers technology and regulatory policy for the New York Times. Before joining the paper in 2015, she reported on technology and business for the Washington Post for ten years.
Frenkel and Kang were 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.
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