Skip to content
British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Home
  • News
  • Football 2026
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
The Documentary Podcast, Facebook's global power and influence

The Documentary Podcast

Facebook's global power and influence


Up next

The Documentary Podcast, A year of Covid

A year of Covid

The Documentary Podcast, Biden's world

Biden's world

The Documentary Podcast, Coronavirus: War and Covid trauma

Coronavirus: War and Covid trauma

The Documentary Podcast, The Saudis and the superpower

The Saudis and the superpower

The Documentary Podcast, The empty desk: Women, Covid and the US economy

The empty desk: Women, Covid and the US economy

The Documentary Podcast, The disinformation dragon

The disinformation dragon

The Documentary Podcast, Coronavirus: Resilience during a year of the pandemic

Coronavirus: Resilience during a year of the pandemic

The Documentary Podcast, The Royal Family’s missed chance

The Royal Family’s missed chance

The Documentary Podcast, What does the future hold? Covid, women and the US economy

What does the future hold? Covid, women and the US economy

The Documentary Podcast, Scotland's contested identity

Scotland's contested identity

The Documentary Podcast, Coronavirus: Reporting Covid-19

Coronavirus: Reporting Covid-19

The Documentary Podcast, What happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine?

What happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine?

The Documentary Podcast, World of wisdom: Breathe

World of wisdom: Breathe

The Documentary Podcast, World of wisdom: Love

World of wisdom: Love

The Documentary Podcast, A constitutional conversation

A constitutional conversation

The Documentary Podcast, Shipping’s dirty secret

Shipping’s dirty secret

The Documentary Podcast, Coronavirus: Homelessness

Coronavirus: Homelessness

The Documentary Podcast, Joe Biden's border challenge

Joe Biden's border challenge

The Documentary Podcast, The coronavirus and your money

The coronavirus and your money

The Documentary Podcast, Women dying for work

Women dying for work

The Documentary Podcast, Namibia: The price of genocide

Namibia: The price of genocide

The Documentary Podcast, Coronavirus: Brazilian doctors

Coronavirus: Brazilian doctors

The Documentary Podcast, Don’t log off: My life, my world

Don’t log off: My life, my world

The Documentary Podcast, Denmark: Goodbye to mink

Denmark: Goodbye to mink

The Documentary Podcast, The life of Prince Philip

The life of Prince Philip

The Documentary Podcast, HRH Prince Philip: His work with charity

HRH Prince Philip: His work with charity

The Documentary Podcast, HRH Prince Philip: Links with the armed forces

HRH Prince Philip: Links with the armed forces

The Documentary Podcast, HRH Prince Philip: A celebration of a life

HRH Prince Philip: A celebration of a life

The Documentary Podcast, The other caliphate

The other caliphate

The Documentary Podcast, Coronavirus: Loss of smell and taste

Coronavirus: Loss of smell and taste

27 February 2021

Available for over a year

After a series of damaging scandals, many critics believe the social media giant has become too powerful and should be broken up. This week, Ros Atkins will consider Facebook's influence in Myanmar, its role in the storming of the Capitol building in Washington, and its decision to temporarily ban news in Australia.

See more episodes

Programme website


British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Home
  • News
  • Football 2026
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Sport
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
  • Weather
  • BBC Shop
  • BritBox

The BBC is in multiple languages

Read the BBC In your own language

BBC News Brasil
BBC News Mundo (Spanish)
BBC News မြန်မာ (Burmese)
BBC News 中文 (Chinese)
BBC News Indonesia
BBC News 코리아 (Korean)
BBC News ไทย (Thai)
BBC News Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
BBC News Azərbaycanca (Azeri)
BBC News Magyarul (Hungarian)
BBC News Кыргыз Кызматы (Kyrgyz)
BBC News Polska (Polish)
BBC News România (Romanian)
BBC News Русская служба (Russian)
BBC News na srpskom (Serbian)
BBC News Україна (Ukrainian)
BBC News O'zbek (Uzbek)
BBC News عربي (Arabic)
BBC News فارسی (Persian)
BBC News Türkçe (Turkish)
BBC News বাংলা (Bengali)
BBC News دری (Dari)
BBC News ગુજરાતી (Gujarati)
BBC News हिन्दी (Hindi)
BBC News मराठी (Marathi)
BBC News नेपाली (Nepali)
BBC News සිංහල (Sinhala)
BBC News ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi)
BBC News Afaan Oromoo
BBC News አማርኛ (Amharic)
BBC News Afrique (French)
BBC News Hausa
BBC News Gaelic NAIDHEACHDAN
BBC News Ìgbò
BBC News Japanese 日本語
BBC News Gahuza
BBC News Pidgin
BBC News Somali
BBC News Swahili
BBC News தமிழ் (Tamil)
BBC News తెలుగు (Telugu)
BBC News ትግርኛ (Tigrinya)
BBC News اردو (Urdu)
BBC News Yorùbá
BBC News World Service
Follow BBC on:
  • Terms of Use
  • Subscription Terms
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Contact the BBC
  • Advertise with us
  • Do not share or sell my info
  • BBC.com Help & FAQs
  • Content Index
  • Set Preferred Source

Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.