The Social Network is a 2010 movie directed by David Fincher that portrays a dramatized version of the founding events of Facebook. It is based on the book, The Accidental Billionaires, by Ben Mezrich. It follows the actions of Mark Zuckerberg, who in 2003 was a student at Harvard University. The movie illustrates the two primary conflicts relating to the creation of Facebook, which both culminate into multi-million-dollar lawsuits. One involves the Winklevoss brothers, who claim Zuckerberg committed intellectual property theft by stealing their idea of a similar website. The other conflict involves Eduardo Saverin, a co-founder and original financial supporter of the social media site. This conflict pertains to how Zuckerberg cut Saverin out of the company and diluted his stocks without discussing with the co-founder.

The Social Network contains essential elements relating to social implications of computing. It describes the founding of Facebook, one of the most popular social media sites in the world, forever changing how we communicate with each other. The concept of intellectual property plays importance in the conflict between Zuckerberg and Divya Narendra and the Winklevoss brothers. The issues of information privacy and network security are relevant, especially in the beginning of the movie. Facemash, a program created to compare the attractiveness of female students, required Zuckerberg to hack into the Harvard networks and compile photos of the students without their knowledge. Facebook was soon founded, which sparked a more complex issue of information privacy as people voluntary gives the company their data.