Facebook: The Inside Story

Paperback | 592 pages “Levy’s all-access Facebook reflects the reputational swan dive of its subject…. The result is evenhanded and devastating.”—San Francisco Chronicle“[Levy’s] evenhanded conclusions are still damning.”—Reason“[He] doesn’t shy from asking the tough questions.”—The Washington Post“Reminds you the HBO show Silicon Valley did not have to reach far for its satire.”—NPR.orgThe definitive history, packed with untold stories, of one of America’s most controversial and powerful companies: FacebookAs a college sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network.Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from its first, modest iteration. In light of recent controversies surrounding election-influencing “fake news” accounts, the handling of its users’ personal data, and growing discontent with the actions of its founder and CEO—who has enormous power over what the world sees and says—never has a company been more central to the national convers