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KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents:
STEVEN LEVY
FACEBOOK: The Inside Story
Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert
advance tickets: $12:T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM info: kpfa.org/events
Renowned tech writer Steven Levy delivers the definitive history of one of America's most powerful & controversial companies: Facebook. For the past three years Levy has had unprecedented access to Mark Zuckerberg & Sheryl Sandberg. Based on hundreds of interviews inside & outside the company, Levy's sweeping narrative digs deep into the whole story of the company that has changed the world & reaped the consequences.
"Levy is America's premier technology journalist." - The Washington Post
In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, & soon students nationwide were using Facebook until, by now it is nearly unrecognizable from Zuckerberg's first, modest iteration. It has grown into a tech giant - the largest social media platform & one of the most gargantuan companies in the entire world, with a valuation of more than $576 billion & almost 3 billion users, including those on its fully owned subsidiaries, Instagram & WhatsApp. There is no denying the power & omnipresence of Facebook in American daily life. In light of recent controversies surrounding election-influencing "fake news" accounts, the handling of its users' personal data, & growing discontent with the actions of its founder & CEO, never has the company been more central to the national conversation.
Steven Levy is Wired's editor at large. Levy has written seven previous books & has written for Rolling Stone, Harper's Magazine, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, & The New Yorker.
Brian Edwards-Tiekert is the founder & popular co-host of UpFront, the morning drive-time public affairs program on KPFA Radio.
Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
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