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‘I blame Facebook’: Aaron Sorkin is writing a Social Network sequel for the post-Zuckerberg era

www.techradar.com

The Facebook movie that Mark Zuckerberg called ‘hurtful’ is getting a sequel about the broken social network

Use !friendica@lemmy.ca instead!

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Let's fucking go
The Facebook Files made – and provided evidence for – multiple allegations, including that Facebook was well aware of how toxic Instagram was for many teen girls; that Facebook has a "secret elite" list of people for whom Facebook's rules don't apply; that Facebook knew its revised algorithm was fueling rage; and that Facebook didn't do enough to stop anti-vax propaganda during Covid-19. Most damningly of all, The Facebook Files reported that all of these things were well known to senior executives, including Mark Zuckerberg.
It's clear which side Sorkin is taking. "I blame Facebook for January 6," he said last year. "Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible. Because that is what will increase engagement ... There’s supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn’t. It’s just growth."
- @ryanee@anonsys.net also relevant a Meta whistleblower testifying in front of Congress
  
  Your link is borked. Here's a fixed version: https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/meta-whistleblower-testifies-on-facebook-practices/658354
Post-Zuckerberg? I'm confused on the eras of Facebook I guess. He's still CEO isn't he? Wouldn't that make the whole history of the company the Zuckerberg era?
- It’s probably referring to the era past when Zuckerberg was an up-and-coming CEO and was still doing a bunch of new things, and when almost all of social media growth revolved around Mark Zuckerberg. Now we’re in an era where he’s an establishment tech CEO. The stuff he does now is less about innovation and more about driving blind profits.
@maam Friendica works well with Lemmy and PieFed too if anyone reading this post wondering
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Shame on them if they don't highlight the fediverse.
He should just adapt Careless People for film

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