People look on as smoke rises on the Syrian side of the border in Hassa, southern Turkey, on Jan. 28, 2018, when Turkish jet fighters hit People’s Protection Units (YPG) positions. Superimposed is the reply from Sheryl Sandberg in reference to blocking the YPG Facebook page. Credit:Photo illustration by ProPublica, photo by Ozan Koze/AFP via Getty Images
Looks like Ms. Sandberg is involved in another Facebook misdeed: “Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business…
Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business
Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey’s demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia. “I am fine with this,” Sandberg wrote.
NEW: Internal Facebook emails show how it backed Turkey’s request to block the page of an adversary — or risk getting shut down entirely.
“I am fine with this,” wrote Sheryl Sandberg.
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