Facebook has recently taken a harsher tone toward whistleblower Frances Haugen, suggesting that the social network could be considering legal retaliation after Haugen went public with internal research that she copied before leaving her job earlier this year. In an Associated Press interview Thursday, Facebook executive Monika Bickert repeatedly referred to the documents Haugen copied as “stolen," a word she has also used in other media interviews. In the same interview, asked if Facebook would sue or retaliate against the whistleblower, Bickert said only, “I can’t answer that." He said any suit from Facebook would be “frivolous" and that Facebook has not been in touch. Regardless of potential legal vulnerabilities, Facebook might look like a bully if it pursued a legal case against her.

Source: Mint October 09, 2021 09:56 UTC