In a follow-up to his highly praised 2010 film The Social Network, which traced the development of the social media platform, Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin intends to shed light on Facebook's troubles.
"Look, yeah, I will be writing about this," Sorkin said to the audience on today's episode of The Town podcast, confirming his intentions to create a sequel. My apologies to Facebook for January 6. He hinted, "You are going to need to buy a movie ticket," but he did not elaborate on why he thought the platform was the reason for Donald Trump's followers storming the US Capitol building in 2021.
The movie mogul from Hollywood went on to explain why he is "trying" to make a film about Facebook's scandals.
Facebook has been adjusting its algorithm to favor the content that divides people the most, among other things. Because that is what is going to boost engagement," he said, as reported by Variety. This is the path that will lead you to "the infinite scroll," as it is known within Facebook's halls. At Facebook, ethics and growth are said to be in continual conflict. Not at all. It is only development.
"So how about if I make a little less money?" Sorkin said, imagining that Mark Zuckerberg would ask himself if he got up tomorrow morning and discovered there is nothing worth $119 billion that would not cost $120 billion. I am going to turn growth down and integrity up. Sure, you can do that by really changing a zero to a one and a one to a zero.
Sorkin eventually took home the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network, which featured Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and garnered eight Oscar nominations.
Sorkin has often considered writing a sequel, as seen by his recent statements. According to Deadline, he said in a 2020 Happy Sad Confused podcast episode that he wanted to explore "the dark side of Facebook," but he added that he would only "write it if [original filmmaker David Fincher] directs it."
"Look, yeah, I will be writing about this," Sorkin said to the audience on today's episode of The Town podcast, confirming his intentions to create a sequel. My apologies to Facebook for January 6. He hinted, "You are going to need to buy a movie ticket," but he did not elaborate on why he thought the platform was the reason for Donald Trump's followers storming the US Capitol building in 2021.
The movie mogul from Hollywood went on to explain why he is "trying" to make a film about Facebook's scandals.
Facebook has been adjusting its algorithm to favor the content that divides people the most, among other things. Because that is what is going to boost engagement," he said, as reported by Variety. This is the path that will lead you to "the infinite scroll," as it is known within Facebook's halls. At Facebook, ethics and growth are said to be in continual conflict. Not at all. It is only development.
"So how about if I make a little less money?" Sorkin said, imagining that Mark Zuckerberg would ask himself if he got up tomorrow morning and discovered there is nothing worth $119 billion that would not cost $120 billion. I am going to turn growth down and integrity up. Sure, you can do that by really changing a zero to a one and a one to a zero.
Sorkin eventually took home the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network, which featured Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and garnered eight Oscar nominations.
Sorkin has often considered writing a sequel, as seen by his recent statements. According to Deadline, he said in a 2020 Happy Sad Confused podcast episode that he wanted to explore "the dark side of Facebook," but he added that he would only "write it if [original filmmaker David Fincher] directs it."
