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Friday, Oct 9

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Scammer mum jailed after making £500,000 selling fake designer gear on Facebook

metro.co.uk

Barbara Murphy sold knock-off items for often half the retail price (Picture: Trading Standards/SWNS)

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‘The Social Reckoning’ review: Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel is a plodding, unnecessary bore

nypost.com

Next to "The Social Network," foghorn “Reckoning” is forgettable, obvious and unaccomplished.

Why ‘The Social Reckoning’ Reimagines Facebook’s Offices as a Palace of Fear

www.indiewire.com

For Meta HQ, production designer Jon Hutman and director Aaron Sorkin wanted to get the rancid vibes right, not the Menlo Park layout.

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Florida Seeks Court-Ordered Changes to Meta’s Facebook and Instagram for Minors

www.naturalnews.com

(NaturalNews) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked a state judge on Wednesday to order structural changes to Facebook and Instagram, seeking a temporary in...

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The Social Reckoning review: Like Facebook, this sequel shouldn’t exist

clutchpoints.com

In 2026 alone, there are two notable standalone sequels coming out years after the first movie: The Social Reckoning (a Social Network sequel) and The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth (a spin-off of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood).…

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Meta Tests Making Instagram and Facebook Open to Full-Screen Vertical Video Feeds

petapixel.com

Meta is reportedly testing a change that would make Facebook and Instagram open directly to full-screen vertical video feeds before anything else, as the tech giant continues to chase TikTok’s success.

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‘The Social Reckoning’ movie review: Aaron Sorkin can’t optimise the MSIs in his (Meta)stisised Facebook Files slop

www.thehindu.com

Aaron Sorkin’s Meta-sized misfire of synthetic sermonising fails to hold a candle to the brilliance of its predecessor

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Meta blocks TikTok ads on Facebook and Instagram in the US and Japan

thenextweb.com

Meta has banned ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, from advertising on Facebook and Instagram in seven countries, including the US, Bloomberg News reported. The ban took effect immediately in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia,…

Movie review: 'Social Reckoning' loses thread of Facebook scandal

www.upi.com

"The Social Reckoning," in theaters Friday, explains Facebook practices that affect us but gets distracted by too many unrelated tangents.

After Gazette report, Meta deletes ‘Nigeria Islamic Revolution’ Facebook page for inciting terrorism among Muslims

gazettengr.com

"No place on our platforms for people or content that promote or incite violence, and we have removed the content and page…," the Meta spokesperson told The Gazette.

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What to Know About the Facebook Whistle-Blowing Case Depicted in ‘The Social Reckoning’

www.nytimes.com

Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

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From Facebook to FTX: 9 tech movies and shows to watch this fall

mashable.com

Nine tech movies, documentaries, and shows covering AI, social media, crypto, and Silicon Valley founders: The Social Reckoning, Artificial, Musk, The AI Doc, The Altruists, You Can See Everything, and more.

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Police arrest man over alleged N18m Facebook scam

punchng.com

Ogun State Police have arrested a man, Adewale Arojah, for allegedly impersonating a cleric on Facebook and defrauding victims of over N18 million.

Thursday, Oct 8

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REVIEW | OPINION: ‘The Social Reckoning’ — Jeremy Strong plays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Aaron Sorkin returns to the well with “The Social Reckoning,” but the tech lord, now played by Jeremy Strong, is worth multiple billions and runs a company bigger than most countries.

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Mikey Madison plays a Facebook whistleblower in 'The Social Reckoning.' Here's where the real Frances Haugen is now.

Mikey Madison stars in "The Social Reckoning" as Frances Haugen, the real-life whistleblower who sparked a Facebook scandal. Here's what she's doing today.

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The Facebook whistleblower behind ‘The Social Reckoning’ says Zuckerberg is ‘playing with fire’ on AI

fortune.com

The real Frances Haugen on the new Sorkin film, Meta’s AI spending spree, and why a pause won’t work. Read More

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Aaron Sorkin, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White: The director and cast behind the Facebook sequel

www.france24.com

Fifteen years after "The Social Network", Aaron Sorkin is taking on Facebook again. His new film, "The Social Reckoning", looks at what the platform has become and the role it plays in division, extremism and misinformation in America,…

21-Year-Old Lower Macungie Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post

dailyvoice.com

A 21-year-old Marine died by suicide days after posting a haunting message about death and recognition on Facebook, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, while his grieving family described the circumstances surrounding his…

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Aaron Sorkin Is Back With Another Facebook Movie. I Did Not “Like” It.

slate.com

The Social Reckoning just wants to mansplain Facebook—and then object to any accusation of “mansplaining.”

Xbox puts former Reddit and Facebook exec in charge of Minecraft studio Mojang

www.gamesradar.com

A lot of change is going on in the annals of Xbox right now. The games division of Microsoft is in the midst of 3,200 layoffs and a complete restructuring, and that includes in senior management. Mojang, the company overseeing Minecraft,…