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12-29-2021

The Wall Street Journal.

Facebook Stem the Leaks,
Spin the Politics, Don’t Say Sorry.

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg drove response
to disclosures about the company’s influence;
sending deputies to testify in Congress

Mark Zuckerberg tried to smear Facebook's whistleblower as Democratic activist.

In the wake of a whistleblower Frances Haugen's damning allegations against Facebook in October, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told employees not to apologize and directed the company's lobbyists to launch a political spin operation.

"To lawmakers and advocacy groups on the right, according to people familiar with the conversations, their message was that
Ms. Haugen was trying to help Democrats," the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. "Within hours, several conservative
news outlets published stories alleging Ms. Haugen was a Democratic activist."

Meanwhile, Facebook lobbyists also contacted Democratic staffers on Capitol Hill, warning them
that Republicans were angry about the company's decision to ban expressions of support for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

"The company’s goal, according to Republicans and Democrats familiar with the company’s outreach, was to muddy the waters, divide lawmakers along partisan lines and forestall a cross-party alliance that was emerging to enact tougher rules on social-media companies in general and Facebook in particular,"
the newspaper reported.

The company's "sharp-elbowed" response to Haugen's claims was driven by Zuckerberg as the social media giant faced its biggest crisis in years, according to the report. Zuckerberg "told employees not to apologize" and announced the company was changing its name to Meta.

"Mr. Zuckerberg pushed subordinates to respond more forcefully to the bad publicity, according to people familiar with the discussions," according
to the Wall Street Journal. "In a virtual meeting in late November, some of Meta’s largest institutional investors asked Facebook to address some of the issues around user safety, according to people familiar with the call. Some investors found Mr. Zuckerberg, who also is chairman, defensive on
the call, these people said. They left dissatisfied
with Facebook’s overall response, because the company
reiterated previous talking points and
didn’t share any big new changes, according
to a written briefing about the meeting described
to the Journal."

Later, when company executives discussed the possibility of halting development of a version of Instagram for children
due to the platform's
harmful impact on teens, Zuckerberg "said that
wasn't an option," according to one person familiar with the discussions.

"The company considered suing Ms. Haugen but decided the public perception would be that it was trying to silence a whistleblower, said people
familiar with the matter," the newspaper reported.

Read the full story.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-whistleblower-pushback-political-spin-zuckerberg-11640786831?mod=hp_lead_pos5

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