When it goes dark: Facebooks terrible week

Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

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Yesterday\\u2019s global outage is not even the worst of it: today\\u2019s congressional testimony will examine a whistleblower\\u2019s allegations that the company knows its products cause widespread harm. The modern food-industrial complex is great for eaters but appalling for the planet; we examine technological fixes, and whether consumers will bite. And how Afghanistan\'s embassies abroad are\\u2014or aren\\u2019t\\u2014dealing with the Taliban.

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