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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 08:06 PM Mar 2018

Facebook Forces NYT to Quietly Delete Unflattering Reference to Sheryl Sandberg

The New York Times apparently offers powerful third parties the ability to edit away–that is, to delete from the internet–unfavorable coverage appearing in the paper of record’s online edition.

One such entity afforded the privilege is Facebook. And this has legal experts raising antitrust concerns.

Last night, the New York Times broke a very big story regarding the pending departure of Alex Stamos from Facebook. Stamos is currently the company’s chief information security officer and the official largely responsible for tracking down the Russian troll farm influence and illicit campaign-related advertising facilitated through the Facebook platform. His duties have since been reassigned.

The Times‘ original story made reference to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg–and mentioned her “consternation” at Stamos’ efforts to shepherd the tech giant towards being more transparent about Russian trolls’ electoral interference. Here’s the original paragraph in question:

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https://lawandcrime.com/exclusive/facebook-forces-nyt-to-quietly-delete-unflattering-reference-to-sheryl-sandberg-in-story-about-russian-trolls/

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Facebook Forces NYT to Quietly Delete Unflattering Reference to Sheryl Sandberg (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2018 OP
Kick nt backtoblue Mar 2018 #1
K&R... spanone Mar 2018 #2
WHAT!??! Facebook deserves the death oenalty blake2012 Mar 2018 #3
 

blake2012

(1,294 posts)
3. WHAT!??! Facebook deserves the death oenalty
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 01:36 AM
Mar 2018

They’ve gone from mild nuisance to venal pit of greed and destructive forces.

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