Press Play with Madeleine Brand
A critical look at Mark Zuckerberg and 'billionaire savior delusions'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a statement today saying his company will protect user data and investigate apps with access to his social network.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a statement today saying his company will protect user data and investigate apps with access to his social network. It was in response to the controversy surrounding Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly used Facebook user data for political purposes. Meanwhile on Tuesday, journalist Anand Giridharadas tweeted that “Mark Zuckerberg will go down in history as a tragic figure, and one befitting an age of billionaire savior delusions. He claimed to change the world even as he maimed his country.”
Anand Giridharadas is an author and journalist. Credit: Mackenzie Stroh.
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The full episode
2 of 5Can we rein in tech giants?- 0:00SoCal prepares for the biggest storm of the year
- 6:45A critical look at Mark Zuckerberg and 'billionaire savior delusions'You’re reading this
- 19:20How well can a company know us -- and sway us -- through psychographic profiling?
- 28:45Arthur Miller: The man beyond the playwright
- 42:50Rich Orange County residents are outraged over temporary homeless shelters