脸书独裁国 Facebookistan

“Like” it or not, Facebook wants you to share everything, but how much information are they willing to share with you? A new documentary takes a close look at Facebook, its laws, powers and its influence on privacy and freedom of expression.

Facebook demands that its citizens are open and connected, yet Facebook as a company is far from open and transparent.

With 1.4 billion users, Facebook is the world’s largest social media space and the company stores personal data on an unprecedented scale. Facebook is perhaps the most visible symptom of an increasingly closed and centralised internet, but is also a social revolution with great democratic potential.

“Facebookistan” takes a close look at Facebook, exploring how several individuals and organisations are hit hard by Facebook’s policies and by their working conditions. The film examines through case examples, how Facebook as a business challenges two of democracy’s basic principles: the right to free speech and the right to privacy.