'Social Network' star bristles at being associated with 'problematic' Mark Zuckerberg

Oscar-nominated histrion Jesse Eisenberg, who portrayed Facebook laminitis Mark Zuckerberg successful the 2010 film, "The Social Network," is distancing himself from the tech titan, calling Zuckerberg's caller actions "problematic."

In an interrogation with BBC News, Eisenberg reacted to inactive being thought of for his Zuckerberg relation and admitted he'd alternatively not beryllium "associated" with the Meta CEO.

"I haven’t been pursuing his beingness trajectory, partially due to the fact that — erstwhile I deliberation of myself arsenic associated with idiosyncratic similar that, it’s not similar I played a large golfer and present radical deliberation I’m a large golfer," Eisenberg said. 

"It’s this feline that’s doing things that are problematic. Taking distant fact-checking and information concerns, making radical who are already threatened successful this satellite much threatened," he added.

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Actor Jesse Eisenberg complained astir being 'associated' with Facebook and Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, aft portraying the tech titan successful 2010's, "The Social Network." (Getty Images)

Zuckerberg announced past month that Meta would beryllium removing its third-party fact-checking programme and determination to a "community notes" feature, akin to X.

"We’re going to get backmost to our roots and absorption connected reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring escaped look connected our platforms," Zuckerberg said successful a video message. 

Zuckerberg admitted that the third-party fact-checkers, who partnered with Meta aft President Donald Trump's predetermination successful 2016, had proven to beryllium "too politically biased" and had "destroyed much spot than they created."

The determination spurred outrage from immoderate left-leaning media commentators who called the changes "dangerous."

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced past period that his institution would follow a caller fact-checking strategy akin to Community Notes connected Elon Musk's X. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/ Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Zuckerberg and respective different apical tech billionaires person cozied up to the president since the election, marking a large departure from the left-leaning authorities of Silicon Valley.

Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were among the tech leaders successful attendance astatine Trump's inauguration past month. 

Several large tech companies similar Microsoft, Amazon and Google besides donated millions collectively to Trump's inaugural fund.

Eisenberg said helium was acrophobic astir however Zuckerberg and different billionaires were utilizing their money.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai basal earlier the 60th Presidential Inauguration successful the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.  (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP)

"I'm a quality being and you work these things. These radical person billions upon billions of dollars, similar much wealth than immoderate quality idiosyncratic has ever amassed, and what are they doing with it?" helium asked. 

"Oh, they're doing it to curry favour with idiosyncratic who's preaching hate. That's what I think. Not arsenic a idiosyncratic who played him successful a movie. I deliberation of it arsenic idiosyncratic who is joined to a pistillate who teaches disablement justness successful New York and lives for her students are going to get a small harder this year."