The book describes the many problem that Facebook faces and what steps the federal and state governments can take to require Facebook to make changes to resolve its major problems.

It also describes the recent litigation against Facebook about causing the addiction of teenage users and its privacy violations.

Then, the book features a series of articles and press releases describing Facebook’s problems, which include an inability to create a selfie resulting in the loss of an account, advertising charges due to bots and scammers, advertisers having ads cancelled and losing the money they already paid, and people losing an account due to an algorithm selecting it for termination for no good reason.

 

The book is divided into three sections:

• The Litigation Against Facebook

• What the Government Should Do

• Articles on What’s Wrong with Facebook

• Press Releases on What’s Wrong with Facebook

The problems addressed include:

• Facebook’s Violations of Personal Privacy

• The Problem of Teen Addiction

• Scams on Facebook

• How Facebook’s Video Selfie Has Been Locking Out Users

• Facebook’s Declining Audience

• Problems with Facebook Ads – from Scams to Losing Money

• The Problem of Too Many Ads