Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories
Episode 545Oct 25, 2021

What you need to know about the Facebook Papers

First of all: Nothing’s changing yet. Later in the show: rental Teslas, paid family leave and a spooky song from a listener.

Download
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Facebook in April 2018.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Facebook in April 2018.
Saul Loeb/AFP

Subscribe:

The whistleblower-driven “Facebook Files” investigation at the Wall Street Journal has expanded to include a whole consortium of journalists and a flood of reporting. Oh, and it’s called “The Facebook Papers” now. We’ll talk about the high-level stuff and the company’s response at today’s blockbuster earnings call. Later on, we’ll talk about a disappointing update to the family leave proposal from the White House and hear a spooky song from a listener.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

Read the transcript here.

Finally: We need your voice memos! Tell us what you think of the show or ask a question for Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood to answer! Here’s how to do it.

The Team

What you need to know about the Facebook Papers