NEW YORK — Facebook said its No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, asked staff to investigate whether billionaire philanthropist George Soros, in calling the company a “menace,” had financial motivations against it. Friday’s statement from Facebook is in response to a New York Times article that describes Sandberg asking Facebook staff to look into Soros’ financial interests in speaking out against the company. Facebook said the company was already researching Soros when Sandberg sent an email asking if Soros had shorted Facebook stock. In the post, he acknowledges that Facebook asked the firm, Definers, “to do work” on Soros.

Source: National Post November 30, 2018 19:18 UTC