{"id":11766,"date":"2021-07-27T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T19:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/?p=11766"},"modified":"2021-07-27T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T19:14:41","slug":"news-media-alliance-hosts-book-launch-for-ugly-truth-facebook-dominance-expose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/news-media-alliance-hosts-book-launch-for-ugly-truth-facebook-dominance-expose\/","title":{"rendered":"News Media Alliance Hosts Book Launch for \u201cUgly Truth\u201d Facebook Dominance Expos\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11773\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reading-book-coffee-laptop-1000px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reading-book-coffee-laptop-1000px.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reading-book-coffee-laptop-1000px-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/reading-book-coffee-laptop-1000px-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PrathanChorruangsak \/ iStock\/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On July 22, the News Media Alliance hosted a policy maker breakfast and book launch event for <em>An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook&#8217;s Battle for Domination<\/em> by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang at The Dubliner in Washington, D.C. The launch featured special guests Kang and House Antitrust Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11769\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Cicilline-Kang-Chavern_Book-launch_7-22-21-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Cicilline-Kang-Chavern_Book-launch_7-22-21-1.png 933w, https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Cicilline-Kang-Chavern_Book-launch_7-22-21-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Cicilline-Kang-Chavern_Book-launch_7-22-21-1-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Cicilline-Kang-Chavern_Book-launch_7-22-21-1-768x1152.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congressman Cicilline with Ugly Truth coauthor Cecilia Kang and Alliance CEO David Chavern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Written by two award-winning <em>New York Times<\/em> journalists, <em>The Ugly Truth<\/em> debuted as a best seller in early July. Frenkel covers cybersecurity and Kang covers technology and regulatory policy at <em>The Times<\/em>. Their unique insights provide a troubling look into the tech giant\u2019s rise and control.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11770\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Kang-Donilon-Coffey_Book-Launch_7-22-21-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Kang-Donilon-Coffey_Book-Launch_7-22-21-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Kang-Donilon-Coffey_Book-Launch_7-22-21-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Web-Kang-Donilon-Coffey_Book-Launch_7-22-21-1-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kang with NAB Senior Vice President, Government Relations Shawn Donilon and Alliance Senior Vice President and General Counsel Danielle Coffey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The book largely focuses on the time period between 2015 and 2020, starting with the 2016 election and ending with the January 6th insurrection. From data leaks to internal scandals, Facebook\u2019s role in Mynamar\u2019s genocide to the FTC lawsuit against Facebook, <em>The Ugly Truth<\/em> goes deep on Facebook\u2019s unprecedented power and the power to corrupt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WaxWord&#39;s take on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceciliakang?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ceciliakang<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sheeraf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sheeraf<\/a> new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AnUglyTruth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AnUglyTruth<\/a>: The back jacket sums up the arrogance &amp; dissembling coming from the top, a series of mealy-mouthed apologies, none convincing.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XA8nyeUPHu\">https:\/\/t.co\/XA8nyeUPHu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sharon Waxman (follow me on Threads @sharonwaxman (@sharonwaxman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharonwaxman\/status\/1419460435888148481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The book\u2019s back cover is speckled with quotes from Facebook\u2019s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg from 2006 to 2020, each one acknowledging fault, apologizing and admitting Facebook needs to do better.<\/p>\n<p>Chavern tweeted, \u201cSuch a great event and so happy to celebrate #TheUglyTruth and @ceciliakang \u2014 and very honored to hear from @davidcicilline, a real leader for our times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cicilline is known for his staunch stance against Facebook, calling them a monopoly and issuing a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2f7de1;\"><a style=\"color: #2f7de1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/cicilline.house.gov\/press-release\/cicilline-praises-ftc-state-attorneys-general-holding-facebook-accountable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a><\/span> in December of 2020 saying &#8220;[Facebook\u2019s] abuse of its dominance harms competition, innovation, and other businesses. In the absence of competition and accountability, Facebook has harmed people&#8217;s privacy and allowed disinformation to flourish on its platform, threatening our democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the event, Cecilia Kang shared on Twitter that she was \u201cGlad to share insights from our book and to wonk out with such an informed policy crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 22, the News Media Alliance hosted a policy maker breakfast and book launch event for An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook&#8217;s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1776,642,180,648],"tags":[665,640,677,1458,4054,4055,1800,4056,204,1958,53,401,1852,1805,118,688,54,55,532,647,1136,883,701,4057,4058],"class_list":["post-11766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antitrust-digital","category-digital","category-journalism","category-tech-platforms-digital","tag-anticompetitive","tag-antitrust","tag-big-tech","tag-book","tag-book-launch","tag-cecilia-kang","tag-cicilline","tag-danielle-coffee","tag-david-chavern","tag-dominant","tag-event","tag-facebook","tag-hearing","tag-house","tag-journalism","tag-journalism-competition-and-preservation-act","tag-news-media","tag-news-media-alliance","tag-news-publisher","tag-platforms","tag-safe-harbor","tag-statement","tag-tech-platforms","tag-the-ugly-truth","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}