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Facebook tells employees to keep ALL communication and documents dating back to 2016 as government inquiries begin after barrage of damaging accusations
UK Daily Mail ^ | 10/28/2021 | Jack Newman

Posted on 10/28/2021 6:51:03 AM PDT by fruser1

Facebook is facing inquiry by FTC into whether it breached privacy agreement

A company-wide email sent on Tuesday night told staff to 'preserve internal documents and communications since 2016' in a move known as a 'legal hold'.

It comes following bombshell claims from former employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen that the tech giant ignored internal complaints from staff for years to put profits first, 'lied' to investors and shielded CEO Mark Zuckerberg from public scrutiny.

the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun scrutinizing the leaked internal research and said it will closely examine whether the company broke any agreements in the $5billion settlement reached with the agency in 2019 over privacy concerns.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigtech; election; facebook; internet; socialmedia; technotyranny
"Since 2016" - a dog whistle to say "hurry up and delete everything before that".

And, is "since" inclusive? Meaning they delete 2016 stuff? Could be a set up for plausible deniability to get rid of all stuff associated with that election.

1 posted on 10/28/2021 6:51:03 AM PDT by fruser1
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Oh, dang the luck. We just bleach bit all that stuff last week. And then wiped it. You know, like with a rag. Our bad.


2 posted on 10/28/2021 6:54:24 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? đŸ˜•)
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I remember when Intel got its Anti Trust investigation.
We had been ready for decades just in case and Andy Grove was a stickler for documentation.
We had one whole building stacked floor to ceiling with Anti Trust Docs.

The children running FB are in so much trouble.


3 posted on 10/28/2021 6:58:21 AM PDT by Zathras
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Heh, like they’ll actually keep any incriminating documents. They’ll invoke the Hillary/FBI rule, “What emails/documents?”


4 posted on 10/28/2021 6:59:50 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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A legal hold is serious stuff. I hope they uncover Zuckerberg’s collusion to influence the 2020 elections.


5 posted on 10/28/2021 7:00:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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Meanwhile downloads of ‘bleach bit’ have gone through the roof.


6 posted on 10/28/2021 7:07:10 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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A publicly held company ‘lied’ to investors?

And phonied up their Annual Report?

Contact enforcement@sec.gov


7 posted on 10/28/2021 7:09:57 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't knogw which bathroom to use all: (optio. )
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'preserve internal documents and communications

Code for delete, erase, shred!

8 posted on 10/28/2021 7:14:22 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: 1Old Pro

Not likely.

Instead, they’ll conclude that Facebook helped Trump spread Russian lies all through 2016...


9 posted on 10/28/2021 7:17:20 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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10 posted on 10/28/2021 7:30:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Need to go further back.

FB has been a platform for all kinds of illegal activities for a long time.

Start with trafficking.


11 posted on 10/28/2021 7:40:39 AM PDT by Nifty
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code for burn it all...


12 posted on 10/28/2021 9:05:02 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Nifty

Zuckerberg is ok with the Saudi’s using Facebook to sell and rent slaves. Apple went after them for that.


13 posted on 10/28/2021 9:12:38 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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