The Social Network
The story of Mark Zuckerberg’s founding of Facebook! Released in 2010, the story details some of the challenges and milestones encountered by the founder of facebook as he launched the world’s biggest social media platform.
The Social Dilemma
Netflix’s own documentary on the affects of social media. Both good and bad, it’s good to know the implications of the tools you’re using. Above all, this is a powerfully interesting documentary which is well worth a watch, even if only for a recreational benefit.
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News is a 2020 documentary television film directed by Andrew Rossi and executive produced by Brian Stelter. The film premiered on HBO on March 19, 2020
The movie surveys the effects of disinformation campaigns occurring on social media and the impacts of well known conspiracy theories from Obama birther theories and Jade Helm, to Seth Rich, to Pizzagate, as well as some of the major and minor personalities involved. “Disinformation” is the intentional dissemination of falsehoods. The documentary shows that although the elements of fake news are not new, modern fake news is enhanced and amplified by information technology.
