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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacebook employed GOP oppo-research firm to discredit activists by trying to link them to Soros
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html"While Mr. Zuckerberg conducted a public apology tour in the last year, Ms. Sandberg has overseen an aggressive lobbying campaign to combat Facebooks critics, shift public anger toward rival companies and ward off damaging regulation. Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros. It also tapped its business relationships, persuading a Jewish civil rights group to cast some criticism of the company as anti-Semitic.
In Washington, allies of Facebook, including Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate leader, intervened on its behalf. And Ms. Sandberg wooed or cajoled hostile lawmakers, while trying to dispel Facebooks reputation as a bastion of Bay Area liberalism.
This account of how Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg navigated Facebooks cascading crises, much of which has not been previously reported, is based on interviews with more than 50 people. They include current and former Facebook executives and other employees, lawmakers and government officials, lobbyists and congressional staff members. Most spoke on the condition of anonymity because they had signed confidentiality agreements, were not authorized to speak to reporters or feared retaliation.
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Facebook declined to make Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg available for comment. In a statement, a spokesman acknowledged that Facebook had been slow to address its challenges but had since made progress fixing the platform."
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Facebook employed GOP oppo-research firm to discredit activists by trying to link them to Soros (Original Post)
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Nov 2018
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Squinch
(51,004 posts)1. And still people use Facebook and put money in the pocket of republican Zuckerberg.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)2. From my twitter feed
KCDebbie
(664 posts)3. Facebook! Making the case for REGULATION!