An Ugly Truth: What Facebook has done to you and your children

By Pepper Parr

February 23^rd, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

I am just finishing an interesting and very disturbing book.

“An Ugly Truth”, written by two very credible people who have been following tech and Facebook for some time.

“The platform held detailed information on all its user accounts, even when posts were deleted.  Facebook kept a record of everything a person had ever written and every image uploaded.”

Think about that for a moment. EVERYTHING.

With that kind of data Facebook has been able to manipulate what Facebook users get in terms of a news feed.

As of early 2026, Meta (formerly Facebook) is involved in several major court cases in California, but the most prominent, active trial is a landmark lawsuit alleging that Meta (Instagram/Facebook) and YouTube designed addictive platforms that harm children’s mental health.

The book is worth the time if you have it.  And if you want to know how the Russians used Facebook to influence the first Trump election.