Blumenthal Gets Narrow Commitment From Facebook to Not Retaliate Against Source of Internal Company Research
September 30 2021 - 2:22PM
Dow Jones News
By Georgia Wells
Facebook Inc.'s global head of safety, Antigone Davis, said her
company wouldn't retaliate against the individual who provided
senators with internal company research but stopped short of
committing to wider immunity.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) repeatedly pressed Ms. Davis
about protecting what he called a whistleblower who is scheduled to
testify at a Senate hearing next week. "Will you commit there will
be no legal actions based on the disclosure of the whistleblower's
documents?" the senator asked.
The person provided thousands of pages of documents to senators
that helped prompt Thursday's hearing.
Ms. Davis said Facebook wouldn't take legal action related to
the person furnishing documents to the Senate. "I'm aware that
there are rules in terms of the Senate, and we will comply with
those rules," Ms. Davis said. "We've committed to not retaliating
for them coming to the Senate."
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 30, 2021 14:07 ET (18:07 GMT)
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