Watching Facebook Burn

<p>For almost two decades, Facebook has dominated headlines and the lives of its users. It’s been blamed for genocides, pointed to as a vector of disinformation, and depressed you as you scrolled past high school acquaintances that seem to be doing so much better than you.&nbsp;</p><br><p>But now its founder Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with a virtual world no one wants, the company’s stock is down 70 percent of its peak and it has lost $800 billion of its market capitalization.</p><br><p>Are we finally witnessing the end of Facebook?</p><br><p>On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard staff writer Edward Ongweso Jr. stops by to try to answer the question.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzkne/facebooks-monopoly-is-imploding-before-our-eyes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook’s Monopoly Is Imploding Before Our Eyes</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pewx/elon-musks-first-days-as-twitter-owner-conspiracies-chaos-and-desperation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Elon Musk’s First Days as Twitter Owner: Conspiracies, Chaos, and Desperation</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgxaj/for-much-of-the-world-facebook-going-down-is-a-disaster-not-a-joke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>For Much of the World, Facebook Going Down Is a Disaster, Not a Joke</strong></a></p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Twitch</strong></a><strong> and</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/motherboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week. </strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours m