(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 22, 2016, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks at the The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, DC. - Facebook on November 29, 2018, said that Sandberg asked staff to look into whether billionaire critic George Soros had a financial interest in tarnishing the social network. The company was responding to a New York Times report citing sources that maintained the second most powerful executive at Facebook was directly involved in the social network's tactical response to the philanthropist's criticism of the social network. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
WASHINGTON: Facebook’s number two executive Sheryl Sandberg, long seen as the “adult” at the youthfully-managed firm, has found herself the centre of controversy over her role in pushing back at a growing chorus of criticism of the social media giant.
A prominent feminist and author with strong political connections, Sandberg has drawn fire in particular over an embarrassing effort to probe George Soros, the billionaire investor, after he assailed the online network as a “menace to society”.
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