Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg asked for George Soros research
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook's communications staff to research George Soros in the wake of his attacks on tech companies . Sandberg asked for information on the billionaire's financial interests within days of a speech Soros delivered at the World Economic Forum, where he attacked Facebook and Google as a "menace" to society and called for the companies to be regulated. Facebook later hired an outside firm to conduct opposition research on Soros, leading to a campaign to feed reporters with information about the investor's funding of groups critical of Facebook. Sandberg at first said she was unaware of the hiring of the firm, before later admitting their name had crossed her desk. In a statement, Facebook said that the company had already begun researching Mr. Soros when Ms. Sandberg made her request. [ Nicholas Confessore and Matthew Rosenberg / The...
