Mark Zuckerberg and Jesse Eisenberg

More than a decade after portraying Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, actor Jesse Eisenberg is sharing some candid thoughts on the Meta CEO’s latest actions.

Appearing on NPR’s Fresh Air on Tuesday, Eisenberg said he felt saddened by Zuckerberg’s decision to scrap the fact-checking system on Meta’s platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram.

“As an actor, your job is to really understand your character, even if the character is a villain in a movie. Your job is to defend your character, right?” he explained.

“I spent a lot of time thinking about this guy and thinking about how he felt outcast in the world and created this thing in order to connect with other people because he felt uncomfortable connecting with other people through more traditional social norms.”

Though Eisenberg viewed Zuckerberg’s ambition as “wonderful and totally defensible” while filming The Social Network, he suggested the Meta CEO’s drive now “supersedes [his] caution in a way that can be pretty dangerous”.

“And now that the platform is so powerful and owns all these other things, I guess I feel a little bit sad. Why is this the path you’re taking?” he said, before hinting he would no longer “justify and defend [Zuckerberg’s] behaviour”.

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