{"id":2236928,"date":"2024-05-03T20:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T00:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famous-hollywood-director-working-on-film-about-how-lack-of-facebook-censorship-caused-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T20:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T00:55:53","slug":"famous-hollywood-director-working-on-film-about-how-lack-of-facebook-censorship-caused-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famous-hollywood-director-working-on-film-about-how-lack-of-facebook-censorship-caused-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Director Filming Movie on Jan 6 Chaos Due to Absence of Facebook Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamous-hollywood-director-working-on-film-about-how-lack-of-facebook-censorship-caused-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Screenwriter \u200dAaron Sorkin \u200cinvestigates \u200cthe Capitol incursion&#8217;s origins, \u2063blaming \u200cFacebook algorithms. \u2064In the film \u2063script\u200c development\u200d stage, Sorkin aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-sentenced-to-2-5-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Russian opposition leader Navalny sentenced to 2.5 years in prison\">shed light<\/a> on the intersection of social \u2063media\u2064 and democracy. He criticizes \u200cFacebook&#8217;s divisive\u2062 algorithm tuning and emphasizes the need for integrity over growth, putting the spotlight on \u200dMark Zuckerberg&#8217;s role. Screenwriter Aaron \u200bSorkin delves into the roots of the Capitol incursion,\u200c attributing them to Facebook algorithms. Through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worship-leader-says-harper-collins-canceled-his-book-over-his-political-views\/\" title=\"Worship Leader Says Harper Collins Canceled His Book Over His Political Views\">script development<\/a>, he explores the impact of social media on democracy. Sorkin critiques Facebook&#8217;s\u2064 algorithm manipulation, \u2063advocating for integrity over growth and highlighting Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s\u200b influence in the narrative.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entertainment\/\">  Entertainment <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 3, 2024 at 3:41pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The roots of the Capitol incursion lie in the deep, dark depths of Facebook\u2019s algorithms, according to screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who is currently working on a script to bring his vision to the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Sorkin wrote \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d a 2010 hit about the founding of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/facebook-flagged-story-matrix-decide-runs-afoul-community-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His concepts for another look at the intersection of social media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-coming-soon-over-a-dozen-chinese-aircraft-seen-miles-away-from-port-city-where-key-military-base-resides\/\" title=\"Is War Imminent? Chinese Aircraft Spotted Near Key Military Base Port City\">democracy emerged<\/a> during a recent April 26 episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0qQr4fcvSguMOedx4TXc2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Town\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, yeah, I\u2019ll be writing about this,\u201d Sorkin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI blame Facebook for January 6,\u201d he said, responding when asked to explain, \u201cYou\u2019re going to need to buy a movie ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That led to a question about whether Sorkin was actually pulling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-lo-rom-com-marry-me-is-a-distracting-movie-length-tiktok\/\" title=\"J. Lo Rom-Com \u2018Marry Me\u2019 Is A Distracting, Movie-Length TikTok\">movie script<\/a> together. \u201cI\u2019m trying,\u201d came the answer.<\/p>\n<p>Accordng to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/aaron-sorkin-social-network-sequel-1235882294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, sources later confirmed a screenplay is in the works that picks up themes from \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d but its final direction was uncertain. Sorkin did make an earlier stab at a Jan. 6-themed movie, but the project was never fully developed.<\/p>\n<p>Sorkin had more to say about Facebook than his project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/26\/aaron-sorkin-to-write-movie-on-jan-6-00154593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is a lack of censorship to blame for the Capitol incursion?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause that is what will increase engagement and because that is what will get you to, what they call inside the hallways of Facebook, the infinite scroll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">When he was asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-trolls-facebook-instagram-others-x-stays-amid-massive-social-media-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who to blame<\/a> for that, he replied, \u201cMark Zuckerberg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn\u2019t. There\u2019s just growth,\u201d he said, according to the Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Mark Zuckerberg woke up tomorrow morning and realized there is nothing you can buy for $120 billion that you can\u2019t buy for $119 billion, \u2018So how about if I make a little bit less money? I will tune up integrity and tune down growth.\u2019 Yes, you can do that by switching a one to a zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Sorkin said he wanted to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/filmmaker-aaron-sorkin-suffered-massive-health-scare-november-supposed-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> develop a movie<\/a> about \u201cthe dark side\u201d of Facebook and have \u00a0David Fincher return to direct it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what has been going on with Facebook these last few years is a story very much worth telling, and there is a way to tell it as a follow-up to\u00a0\u2018The Social Network\u2019, and that\u2019s as much as I know,\u201d he said then.<\/p>\n<p>Fincher touched on the possibility of a Facebook-themed movie in an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/oct\/27\/david-fincher-on-hitmen-incels-and-spider-mans-dumb-origin-story?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAaron and I have talked about it, but, um \u2026 that\u2019s a can of worms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin delves into the origins of the Capitol incursion, attributing it to Facebook&#8217;s algorithms. Currently crafting a script for a film adaptation, Sorkin, known for \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d explores the turbulent events of January 6. 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