Episode 148 — Facebook Fatigue

Ben and James discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s appearances before Congress, and try to sort out exactly which Facebook issues matter, and which don’t.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: The Facebook Current — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/the-facebook-current)

• Zeynep Tufekci: Why Zuckerberg’s 14-Year Apology Tour Hasn’t Fixed Facebook — Wired (wired.com/story/why-zuckerberg-15-year-apology…)

• Ben Thompson: Fake News — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2016/fake-news)

• The Toutiao Apology — China Media Project (chinamediaproject.org/2018/04/11/tech-shame-in…)

• Growth At Any Cost: Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed — BuzzFeed (buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-fa…)

• Ben Thompson: The Facebook Brand — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/the-facebook-brand)

There’s Always a Bigger Fish

• 2018 Antitrust and Competition Conference: Digital Platforms and Concentration — Stigler Center (research.chicagobooth.edu/stigler/events/singl…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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