Mikey Madison Reveals Why She Chooses to Stay Off Social Media.
Mikey Madison is illuminating her own societal awakening. In the upcoming sequel to The Social Network, The Social Reckoning, the Oscar winner portrays real-life Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. She gave an explanation of her choice to stop having an online presence.
“It was just a personal choice I made a really long time ago,” at the film's October 4 international premiere in New York City, Madison exclusively briefed news reporters. “I've never really been on social media.”
However, she was particularly well-suited to portray Haugen, who collaborated with reporter Jeff Horwitz (played by Jeremy Allen White in the movie) to find and reveal the internal papers known as the "Facebook Files" in 2021.
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“She's she is such an incredible woman,” the 27-year-old added of Haugen. “I certainly don't know if I've ever been as strong and brave as she has been in her life, but I think that's something really incredible to strive towards.”
“The way that I see Frances is she has really been striving to leave the world a better place than when she entered it,” she continued. “And I think that that's something that I will hopefully do one day.”
However, Madison is not the only celebrity in the movie—Jeremy Strong, Billy Magnussen, and Bill Burr—who has developed a critical perspective on social media.
Following all, White—who and his ex-wife Addison Timlin have daughters, Ezer, 7, and Dolores, 5—explained how "hugely important" it is for children to avoid technology for as long as possible.
“I was very lucky in a sense. I was born in 1991. I got to know the world without all this stuff,” in a different interview, he informed news reporters. “I can remember a time without all this stuff. I worry about young people, children.”
For this reason, he thinks “kids need to keep their worlds as small as possible for as long as possible,” he clarified, “and I think it's hard with all this stuff and with kids being introduced earlier and earlier to it.”
Additionally, social media should be put on hold for as long as feasible because of all the other learning curves that children must navigate.
“It's hard enough growing up and comparing yourself to all of your classmates, your school, and your community,” he went on to say. “I can't imagine what it's like to grow up comparing yourself with the world.” On Oct. 9, The Social Reckoning premieres in cinemas.
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