This season the Facebook meta disruption is hosted by Recode senior correspondent Shireen Gafari and the Verge deputy editor Alex Heath. Mark Zuckerberg used to brag how its tools help politicians swing elections but one politician again and again forced Zuckerberg to confront Facebook's role in democracy. Katie Harbath was working for the Republican Party on Senate election campaigns in Washington, D.C. She says she believes that giving more people a voice gives power to the powerless and pushes society to get better over time.
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Facebook used to brag about how its tools helped politicians swing elections. Now, the platform’s relationship to politics is much more complicated. Today: the story of how one politician, again and again, forced Zuckerberg to confront his own role in democracy.
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