‘An absorbing study of online propaganda and its threat to democracy’ – Guardian, Book of the Day‘A wonderful record of these haywire times . . . it really explains how we ended up in this mess’ – Jon RonsonThis is a story about how the extreme became mainstream. It reveals how the truth became ‘fake news’, how fringe ideas spread, and how a candidate many dismissed as a joke was propelled to the presidency by the dark side of the i...

Una crónica profundamente inmersiva de cómo los empresarios de Silicon Valley se propusieron crear un internet libre y democrático y cómo los cínicos propagandistas de la extrema derecha explotaron esa libertad para impulsar sus fanatismos en la masa social. Marantz explora dos mundos: el de los emprendedores de las redes sociales, que con ingenuidad y una imprudente ambición cambiaron los medios tradicionales de recepción y transmisión de la información; y el de "los intrusos": conspirado...

**"Trenchant and intelligent." --The New York TimesAs seen/heard on NPR, New Yorker Radio Hour, The New York Book Review Podcast, PBS Newshour, CNBC, and more.A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA New York Times Notable Book of 2019From a rising star at The New Yorker, a deeply immersive chronicle of how the optimistic entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley set out to create a free and democratic internet--and how the cyn...

**"Trenchant and intelligent." --The New York TimesAs seen/heard on NPR, New Yorker Radio Hour, The New York Book Review Podcast, PBS Newshour, CNBC, and more.A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA New York Times Notable Book of 2019From a rising star at The New Yorker, a deeply immersive chronicle of how the optimistic entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley set out to create a free and democratic internet--and how the cyn...

‘An absorbing study of online propaganda and its threat to democracy’ Guardian, Book of the Day.This is a story about how the extreme became mainstream. It reveals how the truth became ‘fake news’, how fringe ideas spread, and how a candidate many dismissed as a joke was propelled to the presidency by the dark side of the internet.For several years, Andrew Marantz, a New Yorker staff writer, has been embedded with alt-right propagandists, ...

"Trinchera e inteligente." --The New York TimesComo se ve/escucha en NPR, New Yorker Radio Hour, The New York Book Review Podcast, PBS Newshour, CNBC y más.Una elección de editores de reseñas de libros del New York TimesUn libro notable del New York Times de 2019Desde una estrella en ascenso en The New Yorker, una crónica profundamente inmersiva de cómo los empresarios optimistas de Silicon Valley se propusieron crear un internet libre y democrático, y cómo ...