428. Award-winning Journalist Cecilia Kang talks with Host Dan Hesse about enormous implications of Meta antitrust trial for the Tech industry and more

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In this episode of The Mentors Radio, Host Dan Hesse talks with Cecilia Kang, an award-winning journalist and author who discusses the enormous implications of the Meta antitrust trial for the Tech industry, damage wrought from “news” people consume on social media, and what business leaders might consider in order to ensure employees are well-informed. In this episode, Cecilia Kang discusses the history of Facebook, the U.S. Government’s antitrust trial against its parent, Meta, and the impact this company has on our privacy and on the news that its users receive. Cecilia is an award-winning National Correspondent at The New York Times where she reports on the intersection of technology and public policy. She is the co-author of the best seller, “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination” which she discusses in this episode. She was part of a team that won the Gerald Loeb and George Polk awards for their coverage of Facebook and were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Cecilia frequently appears on national television and radio as a commentator on technology and entertainment, and she’s passionate about exposing the impacts and implications of technology on society, politics and culture. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO broadcast on Salem Radio in San Francisco, via live-streaming on iHeart Radio worldwide or anytime, on ANY podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Spotify, iTunes, TuneIN, Stitcher, Google Play and all the others. Sign up for the podcast here.

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BIO:
- Cecilia Kang is an award-winning National Correspondent at The New York Times, where she reports on the intersection of technology and public policy. She is also the co-author of the best seller, An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination. She was part of a team at The New York Times that won the Gerald Loeb and George Polk awards for their coverage of Facebook and were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Kang frequently appears on national television and radio as a commentator on technology and entertainment. She is passionate about exposing the impacts and implications of technology on society, politics and culture.
BOOK:
- An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination, by Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel
LINKS:
- https://www.nytimes.com/by/cecilia-kang
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/technology/meta-antitrust-trial-concludes.html

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