The Social Reckoning opens 9 October with Sorkin's Facebook film
Aaron Sorkin directs a film about Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, opening 9 October.
The Social Reckoning is a follow-up to the 2010 Oscar-winning film The Social Network. This time it explores Facebook's harm rather than its founding drama.
Jeremy Strong plays Mark Zuckerberg. Jeremy Allen White plays Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz investigating the platform.
Mikey Madison plays whistleblower Frances Haugen. The film reveals how Facebook's internal research found 32 per cent of teenage girls with body concerns felt worse after using Instagram.
It exposes how users are pushed toward extremist content. It covers the real journalists and whistleblower who exposed Facebook's damage to mental health and society.
- 32 per cent with body concerns
- Teenage girls harmed by Instagram
- Jeff Horwitz
- Wall Street Journal reporter character
- 9 October
- Film release date
- Frances Haugen
- Whistleblower character
Why it mattersThe film documents how a major tech platform's own research knew it was harming users but kept it secret.
AustraliaAustralian viewers can see how global social media platforms operate and make choices about their own use.
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