On the Screen: ‘The Social Reckoning’ a depiction of Facebook under fire – Sight Magazine

MARCUS CHEONG watches the sequel to 2010’s ‘The Social Network’… The Social Reckoning (AU – M/UK – 15/US – R) In A Word: Scrupulous France Haugen (Mikey Madison) and Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) in The Social Reckoning. PICTURE: © 2026 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In 2010, The Social Network exposed the conflict and betrayal that started Facebook. The acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, West Wing, Newsroom, Molly’s Game) not only returns to write the sequel, but also takes on directing duties with The Social Reckoning. “The stakes of this film is whether the truth will be revealed and at what cost. Based on the true story of Frances and Jeff, we are given a personal perspective on what it took to reveal this story to the world.” In the decade since the first film, the juggernaut media platform that is Facebook is now worth a trillion dollars and has billions of users. With all this wealth and power, the secrecy and control has made the company seemingly impenetrable. Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison, Anora) is a data analyst in Facebook’s Civil Integrity Team who has access to the inner workings of the company. She becomes increasingly
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