Aaron Sorkin: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook isnt defending free speech, its assaulting truth.
'Mark,
In 2010, I wrote The Social Network and I know you wish I hadnt. You protested that the film was inaccurate and that Hollywood didnt understand that some people build things just for the sake of building them. (We do understand that we do it every day.)
I didnt push back on your public accusation that the movie was a lie because Id had my say in the theaters, but you and I both know that the screenplay was vetted to within an inch of its life by a team of studio lawyers with one client and one goal: Dont get sued by Mark Zuckerberg.
It was hard not to feel the irony while I was reading excerpts from your recent speech at Georgetown University, in which you defended on free speech grounds Facebooks practice of posting demonstrably false ads from political candidates. I admire your deep belief in free speech. I get a lot of use out of the First Amendment. Most important, its a bedrock of our democracy and it needs to be kept strong.
But this cant possibly be the outcome you and I want, to have crazy lies pumped into the water supply that corrupt the most important decisions we make together. Lies that have a very real and incredibly dangerous effect on our elections and our lives and our childrens lives.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/opinion/aaron-sorkin-mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)crickets
(25,982 posts)I think he gets a charge out of power. He likes being famous and important (the reasons why don't bother him at all) and he really wants to think that, as Facebook had a major role in throwing the 2016 election, if things follow precedent he therefore controls the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
In a word, sociopath.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)I remember the old story that Carnegie realized he was not going to catch up with Rockefeller, so then, he started charitable giving - as a way of competing with Rockefeller, et al.
LessAspin
(1,156 posts)in The Social Network...
Happy to see Aaron Sorkin getting the last word here.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/103713713