Facebook Slams Netflix’s ‘The Social Dilemma’ as ‘Distorted’ and Sensationalist

Another one-sided documentary. Blaming social media for "fake news" when they create it!

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/facebook-netflix-social-dilemma-documentary-1234791015/
https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/What-The-Social-Dilemma-Gets-Wrong.pdf

The 93-minute documentary film features interviews with former execs of Facebook, Twitter, Google and other companies. “The Social Dilemma” explores issues including tech addiction, the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories, election manipulation and the algorithms social media and tech companies use to suggest content and target ads. The movie at various points shows a fictitious family played by actors to illustrate the negative effects of social media addiction.

“This potent documentary by Jeff Orlowski lends a podium to various experts who are certain the pervasive influence of under-regulated social media is destroying civilization from within,” Variety critic Dennis Harvey wrote in his review.

Facebook complained that the film’s creators “do not include insights from those currently working at the companies or any experts [who] take a different view to the narrative put forward by the film.” In addition, the company said, “The Social Dilemma” does not “acknowledge — critically or otherwise — the efforts already taken by companies to address many of the issues they raise. Instead, they rely on commentary from those who haven’t been on the inside for many years.”

Regarding the film’s discussion of Facebook’s “mad” algorithm, the company also pointedly noted that Netflix itself uses an algorithm “to determine who it thinks should watch ‘The Social Dilemma’ film, and then recommends it to them. This happens with every piece of content that appears on the service.”