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NYT: Facebook’s Sandberg Asked for Intel on Soros After Public Criticism

HeadlineNov 30, 2018

The New York Times is reporting Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg requested research on billionaire liberal donor George Soros after he made public remarks critical of Facebook in January, in which he said the company was a “menace” to society. Soros is an investor in Facebook. The company says that the research into Soros was already underway at the time of Sandberg’s request. Earlier this month, the Times revealed that Facebook hired conservative opposition research firm Definers Public Affairs to investigate and discredit critics of the social networking site, including by linking some critics to Soros.

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