Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg, who portrayed Fb founder Mark Zuckerberg within the 2010 movie, “The Social Network,” is distancing himself from the tech titan, calling Zuckerberg’s current actions “problematic.”
In an interview with BBC Information, Eisenberg reacted to nonetheless being considered for his Zuckerberg position and admitted he’d somewhat not be “associated” with the Meta CEO.
“I haven’t been following his life trajectory, partly because — when I think of myself as associated with somebody like that, it’s not like I played a great golfer and now people think I’m a great golfer,” Eisenberg stated.
“It’s this guy that’s doing things that are problematic. Taking away fact-checking and safety concerns, making people who are already threatened in this world more threatened,” he added.
Actor Jesse Eisenberg complained about being ‘related’ with Fb and Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, after portraying the tech titan in 2010’s, “The Social Network.” (Getty Pictures)
Zuckerberg introduced final month that Meta can be eradicating its third-party fact-checking program and transfer to a “community notes” function, much like X.
“We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms,” Zuckerberg stated in a video message.
Zuckerberg admitted that the third-party fact-checkers, who partnered with Meta after President Donald Trump’s election in 2016, had confirmed to be “too politically biased” and had “destroyed more trust than they created.”
The transfer spurred outrage from some left-leaning media commentators who known as the adjustments “dangerous.”
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced final month that his firm would undertake a brand new fact-checking system much like Neighborhood Notes on Elon Musk’s X. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/ Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)
Zuckerberg and several other different prime tech billionaires have cozied as much as the president because the election, marking a significant departure from the left-leaning politics of Silicon Valley.
Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai had been among the many tech leaders in attendance at Trump’s inauguration final month.
A number of main tech firms like Microsoft, Amazon and Google additionally donated thousands and thousands collectively to Trump’s inaugural fund.
Eisenberg stated he was involved about how Zuckerberg and different billionaires had been utilizing their cash.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai stand earlier than the sixtieth Presidential Inauguration within the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Occasions through AP)
“I’m a human being and you read these things. These people have billions upon billions of dollars, like more money than any human person has ever amassed, and what are they doing with it?” he requested.
“Oh, they’re doing it to curry favor with somebody who’s preaching hate. That’s what I think. Not as a person who played him in a movie. I think of it as somebody who is married to a woman who teaches disability justice in New York and lives for her students are going to get a little harder this year.”
