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Facebook employee $4 detailing potential issues at the company. - Facebook lobbyists attempted to smear her reputation among politicians in Washington, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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After Haugen appeared on CBS' "60 Minutes" in early October, Facebook went on the offensive against its former employee, $4.
Facebook's Washington-based lobbyists and public relations staff are said to have spread the word among Republican lawmakers, advocacy groups, and Conservative media that Haugen had "partisan motives," the paper said.
Moreover, Facebook lobbyists reportedly attempted to sow discord between Democrat and Republican lawmakers by feeding each party different stories in response to Haugen's leak, the paper said.
To Republicans, the WSJ reported, Haugen was "trying to help Democrats" — evidenced by her PR firm being run by former President Obama staffers. To Democrats, Republicans were reportedly fixated on Facebook's decision to ban support for Kyle Rittenhouse ($4).
Instead of dividing lawmakers, Haugen was $4, and a bipartisan selection of lawmakers are working on legislation intended to more heavily regulate social media companies.
Facebook is among $4, beating out Exxon-Mobil, Comcast, and Amazon for the number one spot in 2020, according to a $4. The social media giant is said to have spent just shy of $20 million in 2020.
The company has rebuffed many reports based on the $4, saying the individual research reports and conversations in the documents do not reflect the whole of its efforts to combat hate speech and other harmful effects of its platforms.
"When our work is being mischaracterized, we're not going to apologize," spokesman Andy Stone told the Wall Street Journal. "We're going to defend our record."
Representatives for Facebook, which is owned by parent company Meta, did not immediately respond to a request for comment
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