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

In 2019, you and Mark Zuckerberg had a very public conversation, uh, with you accusing Facebook of assaulting truth.

Yeah.

Is this film a continuation of that conversation?

That's really the, the, y- yes.

Facebook announced that they would no longer be fact-checking political ads, uh, and this was right in the middle of an important election that we were having.

Uh, and so I wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, uh, and Mark responded to that, uh, with a, a response that concerned [laughs] me.

Uh, and so yes, that's where the seed was planted.

Frances says in the film, um, that connecting people, like Facebook did in the beginning, is virtuous, but later she says Facebook harms children, stokes division, and weakens our democracy.

When did that promise start to change, do you think?

Well, um, when we meet Frances, she...

We, we can tell, and she talks about really believing in the company that she's working for and what they do, and, um, she ultimately just wants to help Facebook.

Um, and so I think that she notices things that are changing, um, that didn't align with the company that she originally was passionate about.

Um, and I think just through more discovery she, she realized that it wasn't what she thought it was.

was.You love your work.

Yes.

[gentle music] Connecting people, it's a virtuous mission because some people are awkward and they get to be their best self when they're alone at their keyboard.

So what's the problem?

Something changed.

Cops are being assholes because I whined.

I wanted to find out who radicalized my friend.

And?

We did.

In 2019, you and Mark Zuckerberg had a very public conversation, uh, with you accusing Facebook of assaulting truth.

Yeah.

Is this film a continuation of that conversation?

That's really the, the, y- yes.

Facebook announced that they would no longer be fact-checking political ads, uh, and this was right in the middle of an important election that we were having.

Uh, and so I wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, uh, and Mark responded to that, uh, with a, a response that concerned [laughs] me.

Uh, and so yes, that's where the seed was planted.

Frances says in the film, um, that connecting people, like Facebook did in the beginning, is virtuous, but later she says Facebook harms children, stokes division, and weakens our democracy.

When did that promise start to change, do you think?

Well, um, when we meet Frances, she...

We, we can tell, and she talks about really believing in the company that she's working for and what they do, and, um, she ultimately just wants to help Facebook.

Um, and so I think that she notices things that are changing, um, that didn't align with the company that she originally was passionate about.

Um, and I think just through more discovery she, she realized that it wasn't what she thought it was.

was.You love your work.

Yes.

[gentle music] Connecting people, it's a virtuous mission because some people are awkward and they get to be their best self when they're alone at their keyboard.

So what's the problem?

Something changed.

Cops are being assholes because I whined.

I wanted to find out who radicalized my friend.

And?

We did.