https://www.yahoo.com/news/sheryl-sandberg-ordered-facebook-staff-033600094.html
Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg reportedly asked communications staff to dig up information on George Soros’ financial ties in response to the billionaire liberal donor’s remarks against the social media giant, according to a New York Times report on Thursday.
Citing three people with knowledge of Sandberg’s request, the Times report claims that the chief operating officer asked staff to look into Soros’ financial connections to see if he stood to gain from reaction to his criticisms of the social media giant.
Sandberg reportedly made the request in January, days after Soros called Facebook a “menace to society” during a speech at the World Economic Forum.
Facebook is under intense scrutiny after an investigation by the Times revealed that the company hired Definers Public Affairs, a Republican opposition research firm, to discredit anti-Facebook activists by linking them to Soros, a Jewish philanthropist who is often the target of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories spread by the far-right.
Sandberg previously claimed she was not aware that Facebook had hired Definers and had no knowledge of the type of work they were doing, though she did acknowledge that they were researching organizations who opposed the company.