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PBS Frontline: The Facebook Dilemma (2018)

A major investigation of Facebook’s impact on privacy and democracy around the world.

Facebook’s promise was to create a more open and connected world. FRONTLINE finds that multiple warnings about the platform’s negative impact on privacy and democracy were eclipsed by Facebook’s relentless pursuit of growth.

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