A Social Media Reckoning

This week, Frances Haugen drops by The Bulletin to discuss the events in her life that inspired Aaron Sorkin’s new movie The Social Reckoning. Frances shares what she learned as a data scientist at Facebook that led her to become a corporate whistleblower, as well as how we can think about integrity in the workplace. Then, CT contributor Brad East joins the show to talk about his piece ‘Why Christians Should Delete Social Media’ and the value of living an offline life. REFERENCED IN THE SHOW: Why Christians Should Delete Social Media - Brad East The Screen Free Church: How Pastors Can Diagnose and Resist the Spiritual Costs of Technology - Brad East Audio clip from the trailer of Sony Pictures' The Social Reckoning. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Frances Haugen is an American product manager, data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021. Brad East is an associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University. He is the author of five books, including his upcoming book The Screen-Free Church: How Pastors Can Diagnose and Resist the Spiritual Costs of Technology. He also writes regularly on his personal blog and cohosts the podcast Mere Fidelity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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