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Frontline · Season 37 · Episode 9
A series of mounting crises at Facebook, from the company’s failure to protect users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, have raised the question: How has Facebook’s historic success brought about real-world harm? Frontline traces a series of warnings to the company as it grew into a global empire.

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Season
37
Episode
9
Air Date
30/Oct/2018
Air Time
22:00
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A series of mounting crises at Facebook, from the company’s failure to protect users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, have raised the question: How has Facebook’s historic success brought about real-world harm? Frontline traces a series of warnings to the company as it grew into a global empire.

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