News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers

Everything Is Fake

The Gatekeepers

As Facebook turns 20, Jamie Bartlett uncovers how social media allowed a new digital elite and their platforms to conquer the planet and control what we see.

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers

Episodes (9 available)

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, Trailer

The founders of social media conquered the world... and they’re not finished yet.

29 Jan 2024

3 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 1. We Are as Gods

A hand-bound book cooked up in the summer of love inspires the pioneers of social media.

5 Feb 2024

29 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 2. Blitzscaling

A young tech CEO faces a dilemma. His solution will change the internet forever.

5 Feb 2024

29 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 3. Are You Not Engaged?

At the high point of technological optimism, the vision starts to disintegrate.

12 Feb 2024

29 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 4. Flood the Zone

2016 is a big election year. But something is going very wrong online.

19 Feb 2024

31 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 5. The Vortex

A change to an algorithm in 2016 has huge consequences.

26 Feb 2024

29 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 6. Arbiters of Truth

Social media CEOs stand at a crossroads. Will they make their platforms safer?

4 Mar 2024

31 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 7. Rest of World

A professor is murdered in Ethiopia. His son believes that Meta is partly responsible.

11 Mar 2024

31 mins

News imageEverything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 8. I Sung of Chaos

Is Silicon Valley’s radical experiment to connect the world about to implode?

18 Mar 2024

32 mins