UC Berkeley News : Berkeley Talks: Roger McNamee On His Quest To Stop Facebook

Berkeley CA

30 July, 2021

11:33 AM

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Press release from UC Berkeley News: Public Affairs July 30, 2021 Read the transcript. Subscribe to Berkeley Talks, a Berkeley News podcast that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley. In episode 120 of Berkeley Talks, longtime venture capitalist Roger McNamee discusses how he, an early investor in Facebook and former adviser to Mark Zuckerberg, came to realize the damage caused by the social media giant and others like it, and how he's committed to try to stop them. McNamee, author of the New York Times bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe (2019) spoke with Henry Brady, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, in February 2021. This lecture was recorded by Educational Technology Services and produced by University of California Television, a public-serving media outlet featuring programming from throughout the University of California. Watch a video of the lecture below. This press release was produced by UC Berkeley News. The views expressed here are the author's own.