- Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has tightened controls over some internal discussion groups following whistleblower revelations that extended to the Senate, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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- Facebook offers its staff online discussion groups on an internal message system called Workplace, where staff can cooperate or exchange ideas.
- The whistleblower, a former product manager, viewed multiple company documents on protection against election interference on Facebook and shared some with Congress and the SEC.a
- Now Facebook restricts employees' viewing of group discussions on topics like platform safety and election integrity.
- Facebook said such disclosures "can also put employees working on sensitive subjects at risk externally and lead to complex topics being misrepresented and misunderstood."
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- Price Action: FB shares traded higher by 0.25% at $325.35 in the premarket session on the last check Thursday.
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