Writing articles criticizing Google and Apple etc Relationship between PR company and Faceook is reported

by Lord Jim

Facebook, which has been a major problem with illegal use of 50 million user data by consulting company Cambridge Analytica and collecting user's call history and SMS history by Android application, is criticized against rival Apple and Google I wrote an article PR who was in contact with the company, the New York Times reports.

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook's Leaders Fought Through Crisis - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html

Facebook hired PR firm that wrote negative articles about rivals: NYT
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/14/facebook-hired-pr-firm-that-wrote-negative-articles-about-rivals-nyt.html

Mark Zuckerberg ordered all Facebook executives to use Android phones - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/14/18095729/mark-zuckerberg-order-facebook-executive-android-phones

In March 2018, Mr. Tim Cook talked about privacy protection represented by one of Facebook, in an interview of a TV program, and on the handling of privacy, Apple clearly shows that the policy is different from Facebook and Google It was. Also, Mr. Cook answered, "If you are Mark Zuckerberg CEO," cast in the interview, Mr. Cook answered, "I will not fall into the situation that I did."

"If you are in the position of Zuckerberg, what would you do?" Tim Cook answered, "I will not fall into that situation" - GIGAZINE

Meanwhile, in a Vox interview held in April 2018 in April 2018, Mr. Zuckerberg said , "We never disregard the user," and said Mr. Cook's criticism as "stupid" And it was attached to laughter.

However, the New York Times reported that Facebook was approaching a PR company called ' Definers Public Affairs '. Definers Public Affairs said that on the news site called " NTK Network ", while writing down the influence of Russia's interference with Facebook, at the same time wrote dozens of articles that strongly criticized Google and Apple's business style It has been told.

This was not the first time that Facebook was approaching Definers Public Affairs, and both companies were in contact with each other in October 2017 after being criticized for selling advertisement space to Russian fake account It has been reported that. Facebook has revamped its in-house system with a tagline "We Get It" and promised its employees to put it on track as before in 2018, but criticism against Facebook still in 2018 In the meantime, the New York Times reported that it approached Definers Public Affairs again, suggesting that a series of articles by Definers Public Affairs may be a media strategy by Facebook.

by Maurizio Pesce

In addition, the New York Times reported that Mr. Zuckerberg was furious with Mr. Cook's interview and ordered the management team to use only Android's mobile phone. While The Verge appraised that "Because Android is a large share OS in the world, it makes sense as a result," while Facebook executives Twitter also had tweets from iPhone, so Facebook Inside the company pointed out that Mr. Zuckerberg's order is not being executed properly.