Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg accused of squashing reporting about then-boyfriend Bobby Kotick
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YDHZ)
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Meta Platforms, used her influence to bury two stories about her then-boyfriend, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, according to a bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal.
The WSJ reports that, in 2016 and again in 2019, Sandberg contacted MailOnline, the online imprint of the U.K.'s Daily Mail tabloid, in an attempt to stop the outlet from reporting about a restraining order filed against Kotick by his ex-girlfriend. On both occasions, the story did not run. Now, Facebook is investigating the issue to see if Sandberg potentially violated company policy.
According to sources in the WSJ report, Kotick said that Sandberg threatened the Mail in 2016, stating that any article published...