About this episode

Adam Conover discusses the decline of Meta and its implications with journalist Julia Angwin.

Meta is on the decline. For the first time ever, they’ve shown a decline in active users. They’ve lost ungodly amounts of money on projects that have gone nowhere. They’re burning cash to participate in an AI race that’s also destined for failure. Could their stranglehold on our society finally be loosening? And what happens when they lose their grip entirely? This week, Adam is joined by Julia Angwin, an award-winning investigative journalist, author, and New York Times opinion columnist. Her new book is called On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear. Find a copy of her book at factuallypod.com/books -- SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconover SEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/ SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on: » Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577 » Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJ About Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com . »…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Conover

Guest: Julia Angwin

Topics covered

• Facebook decline
• Meta
• AI race
• investigative journalism
• social media impact

Keywords

• Facebook
• Meta
• Julia Angwin
• active users
• AI
• investigative journalism
• On Courage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, New York Times

Books & works: On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear

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