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Getting Insight Into Mark Zuckerberg And Facebook From 'The Social Network'

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Published December 10, 2018 at 12:40 PM CST
Eduardo Saverin, played by Andrew Garfield, and Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) are major characters in The Social Network. (Merrick Morton/Columbia Pictures)
Eduardo Saverin, played by Andrew Garfield, and Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) are major characters in The Social Network. (Merrick Morton/Columbia Pictures)

Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg (@jimrutenberg), who writes revelations about Facebook’s sometimes-unethical business practices were predicted in “The Social Network,” the 2010 movie about the founding of the company.

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