In a series of tweets, Sen. Elizabeth Warren singled out Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president of global public policy, saying he was 'flexing his DC Rolodex to help Mark Zuckerberg wage a closed-door charm offensive with Republican lawmakers'
In a series of tweets, Warren singled out Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president of global public policy, saying he was"flexing his DC Rolodex to help Mark Zuckerberg wage a closed-door charm offensive with Republican lawmakers."Kaplan is a former deputy White House chief of staff who served under President George W. Bush. Following his hiring in 2011, Warren said, Facebook went on a lobbying spree, spending over $71 million.
Warren's attack marks another escalation in her feud with the technology giant, following her calls to break up the company and her criticism of Facebook's policies on truthfulness in politicians' advertising. Warren's plan would ban large businesses across the economy from hiring ex-government officials for four years after they leave office, threatening repeat violators with fines worth up to 5% of their annual profits.
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