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The Social Reckoning: Looking back at Facebook’s 2021 controversy and where Meta stands today

Aaron Sorkin’s latest film focuses on Facebook's past controversies and the implications of its business model. The story centres around whistleblower Frances Haugen and her allegations regarding Facebook's internal practices. Meta, formerly Facebook, is navigating ongoing concerns about safety and user engagement. The film, while offering a dramatic retelling, critiques…

The Economic Times · Oct 19

Mark Zuckerberg gets the last laugh as ‘The Social Reckoning’ flops—opening to a fraction of what ‘The Social Network’ made 16 years ago

Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook follow-up debuted to about $5 million, landing in fifth place. The culture, the politics, and Facebook itself have all changed since 2010.

Fortune · Oct 13

Aaron Sorkin's New Anti-Facebook Movie Is a Stunning Act of Self-Satisfied Cowardice

This smug, simplistic film blames Facebook for all that's wrong with the world, ignoring the messy reality of humans and politics.

Reason · Oct 13

Aaron Sorkin, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White: The director and cast behind the Facebook sequel

Fifteen years after "The Social Network", Aaron Sorkin is taking on Facebook again. His new film, "The Social Reckoning", looks at what the platform has become and the role it plays in division, extremism and misinformation in America, themes that have fuelled his long-running public feud with Mark Zuckerberg. It…

France 24 · Oct 8

The Social Reckoning is a true American horror story

In 2010, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network charted the birth of social media. Sixteen years later his sequel, The Social Reckoning, is tracing the mutation of Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg in the first film and Jeremy Strong in this sequel) from an awkward nerd into…

The Conversation · Oct 8

Mikey Madison relished acting with 'emotional restraint' in The Social Reckoning role

Mikey Madison loved playing Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen with "emotional restraint" in The Social Reckoning.

BANG Premier · Oct 8

Molly Russell’s father to tell UK cinemagoers: ‘Instagram helped kill my daughter’

In ad to be shown before The Social Reckoning, Ian Russell will say ‘too little has changed’ since death of Molly, 14

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

The Social Reckoning review – Aaron Sorkin’s jittery sequel with all-new evil puppet Zuckerberg

Jeremy Strong’s slow-talking Facebook founder turns into a cameo, background to a thriller about a whistleblower that somehow never mentions Trump

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Jeremy Allen White woke up 'many nights in cold sweats' playing Bruce Springsteen

Jeremy Allen White played Bruce Springsteen in the music legend's 2025 biopic.

BANG Premier · Oct 6

Whistleblower Frances Haugen Trashes Facebook's Flawed Fact-Checkers

Frances Haugen, the woman whose Facebook revelations inspired The Social Reckoning, argues that the real danger of social media isn’t bad speech—it’s the way the platforms are designed.

Reason · Oct 5