Facebook is defending itself in an internal memo against expected harsh new accusations by a whistleblower that the company helped fuel the Jan. 6 insurrection, The New York Times reported Saturday.
The 1,500-word memo defending the company, written by Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of policy and global affairs, was sent on Friday to staff in an attempt to “pre-empt the whistleblower’s interview,” the Times reported.
Clegg noted that the “increase in political polarization in the U.S. pre-dates social media by several decades.”
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