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One engineer. One reporter. One powerful social network.
In this inside look at The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin explores the David and Goliath story at the heart of his companion piece to The Social Network. Inspired by true events, the film follows Facebook engineer Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), who joins forces with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) to expose closely guarded secrets.

Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, The Social Reckoning also stars Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong.

The Social Reckoning opens in cinemas October 9. Book tickets now.

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00:00It is a David and Goliath story about the real-life engineer at Facebook
00:05who ended up sacrificing her entire career to blow the whistle on Facebook's deepest,
00:11darkest secrets. Anxiety, depression of teenage girls got worse as a result of time spent on
00:16the platform. The social network is about the founding of Facebook. The social reckoning is
00:20about what it's become. Something happened because that guy and this company are playing
00:24a strange, outsized, unprecedented role in our lives. I wanted to show the effect of
00:30what Facebook was doing. You can report bullying. Only if someone's doing it on their main feed.
00:34They've made 11 separate accounts. Senior leadership knows and is doing nothing. We have 102 hours
00:40to get everything. She's going to get sued into small pieces. How hard is it to get powerful
00:44people to change? You have to cause pain. You have to make it hurt. Facebook isn't the
00:49ref. We're the public square. Are you crazy? You're like a crossing guard standing in front
00:52of a school, but you're not doing anything with your arms. So the cars are just plowing
00:56down the children.

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