The Facebook files provide a rare glimpse into the group. – Culture

There has never been such a deep insight into the innermost core of the notoriously secretive Facebook group as with the documents in the Facebook files. It wouldn’t be nearly as fascinating if Facebook made kitchen appliances or billing software. But the group earns its money with meticulous insights into the life, fantasies and desires of almost three billion people. That is why there is a special attraction in the thousands of pages of leaked documents. For the first time, we can look inside a machine that is watching us more closely than any other technology before.