"It was quite the sight in general but especially unnerving at a moment when Canadian-American relations are so deep in the toilet that they're in the Pacific Ocean. Word on the street is that Aaron Sorkin is to blame. Reports were circulating online that his latest project, The Social Reckoning, began filming in the city on Monday, October 20, and he apparently kicked things off by reenacting the January 6 insurrection on Canadian soil."
"Sony Pictures describes the movie, which Sorkin is both writing and directing, as a "companion piece" to 2010's The Social Network. (David Fincher is not returning.) Jeremy Strong is taking over the role of Mark Zuckerberg from Jesse Eisenberg, but the film will reportedly center on Mikey Madison's Frances Haugen, the whistleblower whose leaks to The Wall Street Journal drew attention to, among other things, the platform's lack of regulation around anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, its negative impacts on the youths."
Large groups of masked men in Carhartt and tactical gear carrying American flags roamed Howe Street by the Microsoft offices in downtown Vancouver during filming. Aaron Sorkin both wrote and directed The Social Reckoning, described as a companion piece to The Social Network, with Jeremy Strong portraying Mark Zuckerberg and the story centering on Frances Haugen. The film spotlights Haugen's leaks about platform regulation, anti-vaccine conspiracies, youth harms, and Meta's dismantling of an anti-misinformation initiative that she argued enabled the Capitol attack. A January 6-style reenactment used a redressed Vancouver Art Gallery and footage and photos circulated online, unnerving the public.
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