Even Amid Scandal, Facebook Is Unstoppable
On the eve of its big annual conference, things are looking up for the world’s most profitable advertising company.
by Alexis C. Madrigal
May 01, 2018
3 minutes
When Mark Zuckerberg takes the stage on Tuesday at F8, Facebook’s big annual conference, I expect him to gesture briefly at the troubles of the last year and a half, and then look grandly forward, talking up the future of augmented and virtual reality, the company’s commitments to fostering “community,” and Facebook’s growth outside the United States.
It will feel a little strange. Wasn’t this company “,” “,” and “” by problems mere days ago? Haven’t they experienced a brutal 18 months since the 2016 U.S. presidential election set off(among others) called a “”?
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