The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Meta is looking into the use of professional resources for personal matters by the former COO of Facebook.
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The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Meta had launched an investigation into the use of company resources by the COO.
The Lean In foundation, which aims to empower women in achieving their goals, is one of the things that lawyers are looking into.
According to the Journal, several employees have been interviewed as part of a review.
Sources told the Journal that the review didn't affect her decision to leave the company.
A spokeswoman for Sandberg told the Journal that she did not use company resources in connection with the planning of her wedding.
The investigation was launched in the first place because of what happened. Critics had raised concerns about the use of professional resources for a while, according to sources.
According to the Journal, several Facebook employees were credited in the acknowledgments section of her second book, for using company resources for personal reasons. The Journal reported that the Meta staff helped with her book tours. Sources told the outlet that they were concerned that the use of company resources for personal tasks could lead to violations from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Some of the sources told the Journal that she could be forced to reimburse the company for the time employees spent on her personal matters. Sandberg told Forbes that she wanted more control over what she did with her own time after she stepped down from Meta. According to the Journal, she told friends and colleagues that she was tired of being a punching bag.
According to the Journal, Facebook launched a review after it was reported that she tried to stop the Daily Mail from publishing a story about her ex-boyfriend. According to the report, the tabloid was pressured to not report on the restraining order that Kotick's ex-girlfriend obtained against him. The outlet never reported the story, and a Meta spokesman said that she didn't use her influence to try and get the Daily Mail to report it.
The Wall Street Journal analyzed the use of Facebook resources by the company's COO.
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