{"id":382931,"date":"2026-09-28T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-social-reckoning-director-says-social-media-is-a-runaway-train-coming-for-us\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:00:26","slug":"the-social-reckoning-director-says-social-media-is-a-runaway-train-coming-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-social-reckoning-director-says-social-media-is-a-runaway-train-coming-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Social Reckoning&#8217; director says social media &#8216;is a runaway train coming for us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kkw5vULe7wI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'The Social Reckoning' director says social media 'is a runaway train coming for us'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kkw5vULe7wI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Movie director Aaron Sorkin has described social media as &quot;a runaway train&quot;. The Oscar-winning writer and director returns to the world of Facebook after &quot;The Social Network&quot;, a 2010 film about the founding of the tech giant. His new film &quot;The Social Reckoning&quot; follows two whistleblowers, who leaked the inner workings of Facebook in 2021. While Sorkin has never spoken with Meta boss, Mark Zuckerberg, he is confident the tech boss will be interested in another film dramatising his life and company.<br \/>\nITV News has reached out to Meta for comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movie director Aaron Sorkin has described social media as &quot;a runaway train&quot;. The Oscar-winning writer and director returns to the world of Facebook after &quot;The Social Network&quot;, a 2010 film about the founding of the tech giant. 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