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For Facebook, A Week Of Upheaval Unlike Any Other
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Date:2025-04-21 15:31:32
One day after a worldwide outage on multiple of its platforms, Facebook was accused by a whistleblower of hiding concerns about its products from the public and its shareholders. Both crises reveal the same thing: just how powerful Facebook is on a global scale.
Ayman El Tarabishy of George Washington University explains what Monday's outage meant to small businesses around the world.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Alejandra Marquez and Brent Baughman. It was edited by Shannon Bond, Emily Kopp, Amy Isackson, Brianna Scott, Matt Ozug, and Lee Hale. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.
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