Sheryl SandbergJanuary 29Facebook's Sandberg praises Biden abortion policy, criticizes South Carolina partial banFacebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is praising President Bident's recent executive order on overseas abortion providers and criticizing South Carolina's legislation banning most abortions.
George SorosFebruary 18, 2020George Soros calls for Facebook execs' removal after comments on regulationLiberal billionaire George Soros doubled down on criticizing Facebook's leadership, saying on Tuesday that both the CEO and COO should be removed.
Big Tech BacklashJuly 1, 2019Civil rights activists slam Facebook's 'insufficient' attempts to tackle hate on its platformFacebook's latest update on its ongoing companywide civil rights audit has been criticized by activists who say that the social network needs to do much more to tackle hate on its platform.
Big Tech BacklashMay 19, 2019Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg pushes back on calls for breakup of tech giantFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said recent calls for the tech giant to be broken up won't address the issues that have prompted a backlash against Big Tech.
Big Tech BacklashApril 10, 2019Facebook bends to EU pressure on 'misleading' fine printFacebook Inc. has bowed to demands from European Union regulators to change what the bloc had called misleading terms of service, the latest example of efforts by governments globally to exercise more control over tech firms.
Big Tech BacklashMarch 4, 2019Facebook denies it threatened to pull investment from Canada and Europe as leaked docs reveal lobbying strategiesFacebook is denying that it threatened to pull investments from Europe and Canada if demands from COO Sheryl Sandberg were not met — as a new trove of leaked documents provides a window into the tech giant's extensive lobbying strategies.
Big Tech BacklashFebruary 1, 2019Outrage over Facebook's use of teens to spy on rivals as Sandberg says they 'consented'Facebook is being hit with a growing backlash over the revelation that it paid teenagers in order to monitor their online activity to gain valuable insights into its rivals.
Big Tech BacklashJanuary 21, 2019Facebook's Sandberg says tech giant is 'far from done' fixing its problemsFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg defended the tech giant's efforts to fix a wide range of problems but conceded that it is "far from done" during a speech in Munich.
Big Tech BacklashDecember 6, 2018Facebook's mounting woes weigh on social network's stockFacebook's mounting problems and newly-disclosed internal documents prompted an investor to lower its stock from buy to hold after dropping over 2 percent on Tuesday and showing a decline of 2.6 percent in premarket trading on Thursday.
Big Tech BacklashDecember 3, 2018Facebook's tipping point: Tech giant grapples with slower growth, calls for major leadership shakeupWill 2018 be seen as a canary in the coal mine for Facebook?