What Should Facebook Do?
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The Guardian's Alex Hern and Newsweek's Anthony Cuthbertson join Mirren and Josh this week to discuss the media behemoth that is Facebook—what it really is in 2017 and whether it can be a force for good. With the U.S. election and its onslaught of "fake news," people began to question whether Facebook might be harmful to its users. Last week founder, Mark Zuckerberg, posted an almost-6,000 word manifesto setting out what Facebook does for the world, and what more he wants it to do.
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