At the time, the fictional story of Facebook’s founding seemed overdramatic; now it underscores how our connections have changed, especially in the Covid era.

An unabashed advocacy doc, “The Social Dilemma” attempts to identify the root of the problems, but like some Facebook relationship statuses, it’s complicated.

That social media can be addictive and creepy isn’t a revelation to anyone who uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like. But in Jeff Orlowski’s documentary “The Social Dilemma ...