Sheryl Sandberg says allegations that she and Zuckerberg hid info about Russian interference are untrue, claims she didn't know Facebook hired Definers
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Chmielewski / Deadline : Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Says Reports That She Wasn't Interested In Russian Interference Are “Simply Untrue” Tweets: Sapna Maheshwari / @sapna : “The revelations may be 'the straw that breaks the camel's back,' said Rishad Tobaccowala, chief growth officer for the Publicis Groupe. ‘Now we know Facebook will do whatever it takes to make money. They have absolutely no morals.’” advertisers sound off: https://www.nytimes.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : ICYMI I wrote a story about Facebook's response, which on the whole did more to affirm the NYT's core claims than undermine them. http://slate.com/... Hannah Kuchler / @hannahkuchler : One former Facebook exec told me Sandberg has got more “robotic” over time, while Zuckerberg “never really had any empathy”. “You have two leaders of a company desensitized to all the problems they were creating in the world.” https://www.ft.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Zuckerberg and Sandberg say they were unaware of Definers deal with Facebook. fwiw, Axios first reported on it last year. http://www.axios.com/... http://twitter.com/... Mary Grove / @marygrove : “Silicon Valley thinks it is a meritocracy, but it is a mirrortocracy”: a must-read from @karaswisher - Facebook and the Fires via @nytimes http://www.nytimes.com/... w/ 5 key suggestions for change @dhh : Facebook may well be exceptionally nasty and it's leadership particularly deceitful, but the whole enterprise is the natural conclusion to an ad-powered social network. Ever greater surveillance, hyper targeting, and engagement baiting is what the basic incentives demand. Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew : Its very strange to see Sandberg posting sentences that we heard verbatim from Zuck 10 hours ago. She is usually better at coming across a bit more authentically. http://www.facebook.com/... http://twitter.com/... @ceciliakang : Sheryl Sandberg responds to our Facebook story (30 hours later) http://www.facebook.com/... Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : And about Definers, she says she didn't know Facebook hired them or about the work they were doing “but I should have” Alex Howard / @digiphile : Facebook COO @sherylsandberg just posted a statement responding to the @nytimes, claiming that didn't stop any investigations - but has nothing to say about her lobbying in DC, or hindering disclosures: http://www.facebook.com/... http://twitter.com/... Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Sheryl Sandberg speaks, says NYT reports that she “personally stood in the way” of the public knowing more about Russia on Facebook are “just plain wrong.” http://www.facebook.com/... @colorofchange : “By @facebook suggesting to reporters that Color Of Change is acting as the puppet of Mr. Soros because he is one of our many funders, they've given oxygen to the worst anti-Semitic conspiracy theories of the white nationalist Trump base” @rashadrobinson http://www.theguardian.com/... Ryan Mac / @rmac18 : Zuckerberg: “I have tremendous respect for George Soros.” Raju Narisetti / @raju : “unfair” isn't “untrue,” which is typically how companies that have receipts can challenge journalism on facts, @facebook http://twitter.com/... Jessica Guynn / @jguynn : Facebook board statement on Mark Zuckerberg and “To suggest that they knew about Russian interference and either tried to ignore it or prevent investigations into what had happened is grossly unfair.” Dan O'Sullivan / @bro_pair : It is incredible to me, @jonlovett, that there would be ANY question and need to “get to the bottom of” your employee getting paid by Facebook to spread anti-Semitic filth across the internet. Just hilarious. http://twitter.com/... @chrisinsilico : Facebook hired a private lobby firm to create fake news and start antisemitic rumours about its critics. I have also personally been the target of Facebook's PR operation - and trust me - they are dirty. http://www.theguardian.com/... Karl Bode / @karlbode : Once we're (justly) done blasting Facebook for hiring smear merchants, maybe we can have a conversation about the hundreds of other companies that do the same. The stories I could tell you about telecom astroturf/think tank hijinks make this episode look like patty cake. http://twitter.com/... Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep : Facebook's response. Basically: “yeah, we did hire that firm which did lobby the press to go look at Soros funding of our critics and there's nothing wrong with that, but we fired the firm last night for no reason right after that NYT story.” ¯\_()_/¯ http://newsroom.fb.com/... http://twitter.com/... @slpng_giants : Couldn't have given all of our birthdays, addresses, phone numbers, baby pictures, credit cards and restaurant recommendations to a better company. http://twitter.com/... Louise Mensch / @louisemensch : .@sherylsandberg “Lean In” was not meant to be “to Treason With Russia”. Blaming Stamos for investigating Russia trying to throw our election? Really? @alexstamos - sir, thank you. I blamed you for something you tried to stop, and I owe you an apology. http://twitter.com/... Jon Schwarz / @schwarz : I'm glad David N. Cicilline, the incoming chair of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, is concerned about Facebook. But Facebook's customers are not its users, but its advertisers. Facebook's users are its product. http://twitter.com/... @slpng_giants : This is exactly what @facebook did with Cambridge Analytica. They're going to say they got rid of the issue, when the issue IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. http://twitter.com/... David Ingram / @david_ingram : The head of George Soros' philanthropic organization would like a meeting with Sheryl Sandberg. http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer