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‘I Have Blood On My Hands’: After Being Fired, ‘Whistleblower’ Alleges Foreign Governments’ Abuse Of Facebook

Ian Haworth
‘I Have Blood On My Hands’: After Being Fired, ‘Whistleblower’ Alleges Foreign Governments’ Abuse Of Facebook
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A disgruntled employee who was fired for poor performance released a long memo in September 2020 blasting Facebook for ignoring political manipulation by foreign entities on the platform, allegations which have been embraced by Leftist outlets as alleged evidence of Facebook’s culpability when it comes to unfavorable political victories — such as Trump’s election win in 2016.

Excerpts of the memo were published in a long profile by The Guardian on Monday titled, “The Facebook loophole: How Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: a whistleblower’s account.”

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