Meta's COO Sheryl Sandberg is reportedly colluding with Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick in an attempt to eradicate the CEO's women's problems.


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Meta's COO Sheryl Sandberg colludes with Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick and others to prevent Kotick from reporting that his former partner has filed a ban on access. It was reported that he was putting pressure on him.

Meta's Sheryl Sandberg Pressured Daily Mail to Drop Bobby Kotick Reporting --WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sandberg-facebook-kotick-activision-blizzard-daily-mail-11650549074

According to The Wall Street Journal, COO Sandberg, Mr. Cotic, and some of the company's employees have colluded to file a complaint with the British tabloid Daily Mail not to report on Mr. Cotic's women's issues. It is said that it was. The allegations were filed twice in 2016 and 2019, and the Daily Mail, which was investigating women's issues at both times, reportedly decided not to publish the article.



Mr. Cotic's problem was that he was accused of being 'harassed' by a former partner woman in 2014, and Mr. Cotic issued a temporary ban order from the court in connection with this. It was done. According to the records, there was a request from both parties three weeks after the allegation, and the access prohibition order was withdrawn. Regarding this, it is said that a person familiar with the matter reported that 'women's claims included exaggerated or untrue ones.'

In response to the Daily Mail, which was trying to address this issue in 2016, COO Sandberg and Cotic worked with public relations advisors and lawyers to learn how the Daily Mail interprets the information. The Wall Street Journal reports that they were discussing whether they could persuade the top of the mail. Also, according to a person familiar with Cotic, in 2016, Cotic said, 'Sandberg COO told the Daily Mail that the publication of such an article could undermine its news business relationship with Facebook. I told you. '

In addition, in 2019, when the Daily Mail was conducting a second investigation, COO Sandberg was concerned about potential article threats to Daily Mail founder and parent company chairman Jonathan Harmsworth. 'I am grateful for my commitment to understanding the facts correctly,' said a person familiar with the matter. Harmsworth, who holds the title, reported this issue to Martin Clark, the editor who decided to discard the article in 2016 because of the policy that he will not be involved in the editing issue.

COO Sandberg is Facebook's first female executive to grow. Sandberg's COO is known for his commitment to women's issues, and his book

LEAN IN , which discusses women's status in the business, has become a bestseller with over 4 million copies sold worldwide and himself. We support women through Lean In.Org , a non-profit organization launched in. Sandberg's COO's adviser was concerned that 'it could hurt his reputation,' as Sandberg's COO with such a background mentions Mr. Cotic's women's issues. Has been done.


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'The Sandberg COO did not threaten the business relationship between the Daily Mail and Facebook because it influenced the editorial decisions,' a Meta spokeswoman said. 'The information is inaccurate. The Daily Mail didn't publish the article because it was understood by the Daily Mail,' Cotic told The Wall Street Journal. When asked about his former partner. But the problem was resolved long ago, and she said she would remain a friend for a long time. ' A person familiar with the internals of the Daily Mail reported that 'the person in the company who interacted with COO Sandberg does not feel any particular threat.'

MailOnline, the online site that the Daily Mail was planning to publish, is one of the most visited news sites in the world, and like many publishers, it relies on Facebook for some of its traffic. According to research firm SimilarWeb, Facebook was responsible for 10% of MailOnline's traffic in the United Kingdom, suggesting that the two companies may have had a deep dependency.

After the Wall Street Journal article was published, Mr. Cotic's former partner provided a written statement through his agent stating, 'It was a mistake to mention Bobby more than eight years ago.' That is.

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