Facebook v Soros: 'Congress must probe'
One of George Soros's lieutenants has called on US politicians to probe Facebook, after the social network confirmed that it had hired a PR firm to make claims about the financier.The head of Mr Soros's grant-making network claimed Facebook had smeared the philanthropist, adding "this needs independent, congressional oversight".Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's deputy chief, has also clarified her role.She said she had been told of the PR firm but had not remembered its name.The latest developments follow the social network's decision to publish a memo by its departing communications chief, Elliot Schrage.In it, he confirmed Facebook had directed the PR firm Definers to investigate Soros's links to the Freedom from Facebook campaign, w...