Facebook comms head admits hiring PR agencies to discredit critics as horror year continues

November 22, 2018 4:38

Facebook has confirmed the company did hire a PR firm to discredit some of the service’s critics including linking them to financier George Soros.

The allegations were first raised by the New York Times last week, and were confirmed in a blog post by Facebook’s outgoing comms head, Eliott Schrage.

Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, said the decision to hire the PR firm was not her idea

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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Facebook comms head admits hiring PR agencies to discredit critics as horror year continues

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