Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Meta Platforms Inc, is the subject of internal scrutiny at the social media company for allegedly using her influence to quash two stories about her former boyfriend, Activision Blizzard Inc chief executive officer Bobby Kotick, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Sandberg reportedly contacted the digital version of the UK newspaper the Daily Mail in 2016 and in 2019 because the news organisation was reporting on a story that would have unveiled a temporary restraining order against Kotick that had been obtained by a former girlfriend in 2014, according to the Journal, which cited anonymous sources.