Facebook’s Second In Command Commissioned Staff To Research Soros

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 5: Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms, on Capit... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 5: Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg faced questions about how foreign operatives use their platforms in attempts to influence and manipulate public opinion. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was directly involved in efforts to research liberal philanthropic billionaire George Soros, The New York Times reported.

According to three people with knowledge of the matter who spoke to the Times, Sandberg asked Facebook’s communications staff via email to look into Soros’s finances after he called Facebook and Google a “menace” to society at the World Economic Forum. Sandberg reportedly wanted to know whether Soros stood to benefit financially from attacks on the tech mammoths.

Not long after, Facebook hired a public relations firm that disseminated information to reporters about Soros’s financial backing of groups critical of the social media giant. After a Times report revealed Facebook’s payments to the Republican-backed firm, Definers Public Affairs, the company was criticized for propagating anti-Semitism.

In an interview with CNN earlier this month, Zuckerberg admitted he regretted the attacks.

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  1. Pssstt…Sheryl? Take the buyout and retire ASAP. Because otherwise your life turns to shit from right…about…NOW.

  2. Couldn’t expect less from a bigger group of assholes. Lean further in Sheryl, maybe you’ll fall over the edge and we’ll be done with you.

  3. Buyout? I think she should be forced to forfeit FB options and some of the wealth.

  4. I don’t disagree. But you’re presuming there’s one law for rich and poor folks alike. And we know that’s a fantasy.

  5. Trump: This is legit. Since my DOJ wont investigate The Crooked, Soros and many others I dont like, FB and Google should just run with it. Otherwise I will have to go to Putin and FOX.

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