Facebook's Crisis: Outages and Whistleblower Revelations

This chapter examines a major outage affecting Facebook and its services, coupled with significant revelations from a whistleblower about the company's internal practices. It highlights the detrimental effects of Instagram on young girls' mental health, the amplification of misinformation by Facebook's algorithms, and the disbandment of a team aimed at fighting misinformation. With rising scrutiny and competition, the chapter discusses the urgent need for Facebook to adapt its business model to sustain its relevance.