AceShowbiz - Jesse Eisenberg, famed for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 hit film "The Social Network," has recently voiced his desire to distance himself from the Facebook founder due to his "problematic" actions and decisions.

In a candid interview with BBC Radio 4, the 41-year-old actor criticized Zuckerberg's recent policies as the CEO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Thread, and Instagram. Eisenberg remarked, "I haven't been following his life trajectory, partly because I don't want to think of myself as associated with somebody like that."

He asserted, "It's not like I played a great golfer or something, and now people think I'm a great golfer. It's like this guy that's doing things that are problematic - taking away fact-checking and safety concerns, making people who are already threatened in this world more threatened."

In January, Zuckerberg announced that Meta would be scrapping its third-party fact-checking system for a community notes-based system akin to that on rival social media platform X. Zuckerberg defended this shift by arguing that the previous system had become "too politically biased" and was being misused to censor differing opinions.

However, Eisenberg is wary of these changes. "I'm concerned just as a person who reads a newspaper," he noted, pointing out that those with immense wealth are often seen currying favor with powerful figures rather than using their resources for positive change.

This viewpoint emerged after Zuckerberg's public support and substantial donations to President Donald Trump's inaugural fund following his 2024 election victory.

Highlighting the broader implications of Zuckerberg's actions, Eisenberg emphasized, "It's just, I'm a human being and you read these things and these people have billions upon billions of dollars, more money than any human person has ever amassed. And what are they doing with it? Oh, they're doing it to curry favor with somebody who's preaching hateful things."

Reflecting on his role in "The Social Network," he said, "I think of that not as a person who played [him] in a movie. I think of it as somebody who is married to a woman who teaches disability justice in New York and lives for her students are going to get a little harder this year."