Facebook admits hiring PR firm to attack billionaire George Soros

Facebook is carefully walking back statements it made about hiring a Republican opposition-research group to investigate billionaire George Soros.

In a blog post published late Wednesday, right before many Americans left work to begin the Thanksgiving holiday, Facebook admitted to asking an opposition-research company to investigate billionaire George Soros over his public criticism of the social network.

Elliot Schrage, Facebook's outgoing head of communications and policy, explained the company's decision to hire Definers Public Affairs and essentially took the blame for the decision. Read more...