编剧兼导演亚伦·索金解释了为何在即将上映的这部探讨脸书对政治言论影响的电影中，没有提及唐纳德·特朗普的名字——尤其是在2021年1月6日国会山骚乱事件之前。
Writer-director Aaron Sorkin explained why President Donald Trump’s name is omitted from his upcoming film examining Facebook’s influence on political discourse, including in the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
当被《Politico》问及为何不提及特朗普时，索金表示，他认为如果将特朗普的名字纳入电影中会成为一个不必要的“干扰因素”；他本人决定不将特朗普的名字包含在电影中，希望电影能够保持客观和中立。
When asked by Politico why Trump is not mentioned, Sorkin said he believed the president’s inclusion would become an unwelcome "distraction," adding that it was his decision to keep his name out of the film and that he wanted "clean hands."
索金对媒体说：“一旦电影涉及到与特朗普相关的内容，整个焦点就会偏离主题。虽然我知道最终电影还是会不可避免地涉及到这个话题，但我还是希望保持影片的客观性。”
"I felt like as soon as we got to that scene, as soon as you saw anything ‘Trump,’ it would just become about something else," Sorkin told the outlet. "Again, I realize it’s going to kind of become about that ‘something else’ anyway. But I just like to have clean hands." 'THE SOCIAL RECKONING' TRAILER DROPS WITH JEREMY STRONG AS ZUCKERBERG IN AARON SORKIN'S FACEBOOK SEQUEL "The Social Reckoning," set to premiere in theaters Oct. 9, 2026, is a companion piece to Sorkin’s 2010 film "The Social Network," which chronicled the rise of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
这部名为《The Social Reckoning》的电影由杰里米·斯特朗饰演扎克伯格，是亚伦·索金2010年作品《The Social Network》的续集，后者讲述了脸书创始人马克·扎克伯格的崛起历程。该片将于2026年10月9日在影院上映。
The new movie follows whistleblower Frances Haugen, who provided internal Facebook documents to The Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, which became the basis for the outlet's "Facebook Files" series examining the company's internal research and practices.
新电影聚焦于举报人弗朗西斯·豪根的角色——她向《华尔街日报》记者杰夫·霍维茨提供了脸书的内部文件，这些文件成为了该媒体“Facebook Files”系列报道的基础。这些文件揭示了脸书在政治极化问题以及Instagram对年轻用户心理健康影响方面的内部研究结果。
The documents, published as part of a 2021 investigative series for the Journal, included internal research and findings about political polarization and the effects of Instagram on some young users' mental health.
索金承认这部电影具有很强的政治色彩，但他强调这部电影并非针对特定的政治派别（“红蓝对立”）。他表示，两党立法者都希望剥夺大型科技公司的法律豁免权，以规范这些公司的行为。
Sorkin acknowledged that the film is "political" but argued that it is "not a red-blue thing." BIPARTISAN LAWMAKERS WANT TO STRIP BIG TECH'S LEGAL IMMUNITY THAT CAN SHIELD SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES He said he wasn't directed to remove Trump's name from the movie but instead kept him out of it to keep Facebook at the center of the discussion.
索金解释说，他并非被要求在电影中删除特朗普的名字，而是主动选择不提及他，目的是让脸书成为影片讨论的核心焦点。
"I’m not going to deny, of course, that the movie is political. I just think it shouldn’t be. There’s really no reason for it to be," the screenwriter said.
“我当然不会否认这部电影具有政治色彩，但我认为它本就不应该如此——其实根本没有理由让它带有政治色彩，”这位编剧说道。
"I delivered the script and I think the next day I was in Tom Rothman’s office, and unsolicited, I told him that in that sequence we wouldn’t see any Trump signage at all. We won’t even see red hats. We’re going to see "Don’t Tread on Me," "Stop the Steal." You see American flags, Confederate flags, but it won’t be about MAGA versus everybody else, or even red-blue. It’s just going to be about Facebook’s role in the rise of divisiveness, extremism, and hyperpartisanship. So it was my choice. " A spokesperson for Meta said in 2022 that the platform was not responsible for violence on Jan. 6, instead pointing to Trump and others who promoted false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen.
“我把剧本交给了汤姆·罗斯曼（Tom Rothman），第二天我就去了他的办公室，并主动告诉他：在影片的某个场景中，我们不会看到任何与特朗普相关的标志或标识；我们也不会看到那些戴着红色帽子的人。影片中会出现‘Don’t Tread on Me’（‘别践踏我’）和‘Stop the Steal’（‘停止盗窃’）这样的标语。虽然影片中会出现美国国旗和南方联盟的旗帜，但影片的核心并不在于‘MAGA’阵营与其它阵营之间的对立，也不涉及‘红蓝对立’（即民主党和共和党之间的对立）。影片的重点在于探讨脸书在加剧社会分裂、极端主义以及极端党派主义中的作用。”
一位Meta公司的发言人曾在2022年表示，该公司对1月6日的暴力事件不负责任，而是将责任归咎于特朗普及其那些宣扬“2020年选举被窃取”这一虚假言论的人。
EX-NYPD INSPECTOR WARNS SOCIAL MEDIA LIKELY HELPED POLITICAL VIOLENCE ‘METASTASIZE’ INTO WHCD SCARE The film arrives as technology companies face continued scrutiny over social media’s harmful effects and as artificial intelligence draws attention in Washington.
前纽约市警察局督察警告称，社交媒体可能助长了政治暴力行为的蔓延。这部电影的问世正值科技公司面临日益严格的审查之际——尤其是关于社交媒体负面影响的审查；同时，人工智能问题也成为了华盛顿政界的关注焦点。
Social media’s influence has grown considerably in the 16 years since "The Social Network" was released and "The Social Reckoning" returns to Facebook to examine allegations about the platform’s role in amplifying political division and extremist content.
自《社交网络》（The Social Network）上映以来的16年里，社交媒体的影响力显著增强。如今，《The Social Reckoning》再次聚焦脸书，探讨该平台在加剧政治分歧和极端主义内容传播方面的作用。
Sorkin said he had considered revisiting Facebook whenever the company was in the news, but the story involving Haugen and Horwitz finally felt like a solid basis for a film.
索尔金（Sorkin）表示，每当脸书成为新闻焦点时，他都考虑过重新创作一部关于该公司的电影；不过最终，豪根（Haugen）和霍维茨（Horwitz）的故事为他提供了创作这部电影的坚实素材。
"The fact that the film has coincided with what tech people would call an inflection point is just happenstance," he said as his movie arrives to a more tech-skeptical audience in 2026.
“这部电影的上映时间恰好与科技行业所谓的‘转折点’重合，纯属巧合，”他说。如今，这部电影正面向一个对科技更加持怀疑态度的观众群体上映。
FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE AI REGULATION AS URGENT, RANK SAFEGUARDS AHEAD OF INNOVATION "The Social Reckoning" is set to be released Oct. 9, roughly one month before the 2026 midterm elections. Sorkin told Politico that the upcoming elections played a part in deciding when the film would be released.
福克斯新闻民意调查：选民认为AI监管迫在眉睫，将安全措施置于创新之前纪录片《The Social Reckoning》定于10月9日上映，距离2026年中期选举大约还有一个月的时间。索金（Sorkin）向《Politico》表示，即将到来的选举在决定该纪录片上映时间上起到了重要作用。
"I don’t think this movie can change the course of electoral history," the filmmaker explained. "But these midterms are why I didn’t want to wait a year to make the movie. I didn’t want the movie to come out after the midterms because I didn’t think we’d be in the mood for it anymore." "And yeah, I thought maybe one little reminder might be helpful," he added.
“我认为这部纪录片无法改变选举的历史进程，”这位电影制作人解释道，“但正是因为这次中期选举，我才决定不推迟制作时间。我不想让这部电影在选举之后才上映——因为我觉得那时人们可能已经没有心情去关注它了。”他补充道：“也许，稍微提一下这个问题会有帮助吧。”
An insider close to the White House panned the movie as "delusional fiction."
一位接近白宫的内部人士将这部纪录片评价为“荒谬的虚构作品”。他们告诉福克斯新闻数字频道（Fox News Digital）：“像索金这样的、被特朗普言论影响的民主党人，其实活在一个政治泡沫中；他们的艺术作品恰恰反映了他们的这种荒谬观念。从已发布的预告片来看，这部作品的质量实在糟糕至极，甚至可能会产生与预期相反的效果……真是个失败者！”福克斯新闻数字频道已联系Meta公司和白宫寻求评论。
"Trump-deranged Democrats like Sorkin live in a political bubble that pathetically now encapsulates their art," they told Fox News Digital. "Judging by the trailers released, this delusional fiction looks so bad, it may even have the opposite effect of what was intended. What a loser!" Fox News Digital reached out to Meta and the White House for comment.