The Social Reckoning
Facebook engineer Frances Haugen teams with a Wall Street Journal reporter to smuggle out internal research and force a public reckoning with the platform’s most damaging secrets. The Social Reckoning follows Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer who grows alarmed by internal findings on how the platform amplifies harm, polarization, and risks to users. She begins quietly gathering documents that the company has kept from public view, weighing the personal and professional cost of speaking out. Seeking a partner who can translate the material into accountable journalism, she reaches out to Jeff Horwitz of the Wall Street Journal. Together they navigate the practical and legal dangers of moving confidential files beyond the company’s walls. Their collaboration turns a private crisis of conscience into a coordinated effort to surface evidence of corporate decisions that prioritized gro