Published 14:02 IST, October 3rd 2020
'The Social Dilemma' fans say "Need to do so much more" after Facebook reply goes viral
'The Social Dilemma' is a popular Netflix release that has gained a lot of attention recently. Facebook has even shared a reply for the documentary. Read more.
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Social Dilemma is a documentary that explains to viewers how social media has affected our lives. It was released on Netflix and h been in top trending lists of OTT platform. documentary h directly accused various social media networks of deliberately making ir apps dictive. Thus, biggest social media platform, Facebook has released a reply for Social Dilemma makers. Re more to kw what Facebook h to say about documentary released on Netflix.
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Facebook's reply to Social Dilemma
Facebook has released an official reply for makers of Social Dilemma. y have listed down seven core points documentary gets wrong. Seeing this, it is certain that a number of people did understand where makers of Social Dilemma were coming from. Even a number of Tweets about documentary h surfaced on Twitter. Here is what Facebook h to say:
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We should have conversations about impact of social media on our lives. But ‘ Social Dilemma’ buries substance in sensationalism. Rar than offer a nuanced look at techlogy, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems. film’s creators do t include insights from those currently working at companies or any experts that take a different view to narrative put forward by film. y also don’t ackwledge—critically or orwise— efforts alrey taken by companies to dress many of issues y raise. Inste, y rely on commentary from those who haven’t been on inside for many years.
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A number of users have been reacting to Facebook’s reply to Netflix’s Social Dilemma. A social media consultant, Matt Navarra h shared seven core points that Facebook thinks film covered incorrectly. Matt shared pictures and captioned it with, “ Wow...Facebook has published this official response to Netflix’s ‘ Social Dilemma’ documentary”. Makers have also been sharing a number of posts from film’s Twitter handle. y even started an impact campaign. y shared a tweet explaining aim of this campaign which said, “You can get involved w/our impact campaign @ http://socialdilemma.com where we'll focus on elevating voices of those harmed by exploitative techlogy & supporting work of activists, orgs, & scholars who have been, & continue to, vance humane tech movement”. A number of netizens have reacted to this post and even joined campaign.
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14:02 IST, October 3rd 2020