A Facebook spokesperson on Friday stated that the social networking giant would take down posts on US Presidentโ€™s impeachment inquiry. After this, Zuckerbergโ€™s team took this decision when critics raised questions on the companyโ€™s privacy policies. After the name of the Ukrainian Whistleblower surfaced on Facebook and Twitter, news agencies slammed the former for incompetence in maintaining privacy on the matter.

โ€œThe mentions of the whistleblowerโ€™s name will be removed from all sources on Facebook. This must be done so that the person is not targeted in any form by intelligence agencies of the US,โ€ said the spokesperson.

Facebook to Take Steps Against Ukrainian Whistleblower's Leak: Zuckerberg
Image Source โ€“ CNBC

There were millions of paid advertisements that mentioned the name of Whistleblower on FB. With the US Elections looming around the corner, cyber experts suspect this as a handiwork of cyber cells. They are rooting for Trumpโ€™s second term as the President. The Presidentโ€™s impeachment inquiry did not go down well with these people.

Damage Has Already Been Done: Sources

Facebook took down all the said advertisements, which will affect the reference sites as well but, the move came much later than expected, say critics. โ€œThe damage has already been done in the few hours the ads popped up on Facebook News Feeds,โ€ said an FB official who wished to remain unnamed. โ€œNow that they have been removed makes little difference as the name has already been popularised.โ€

Interestingly, Whatsapp forwards and screenshots cannot be undone or removed which function on end-to-end encryptions. Therefore, the posts that found itโ€™s way into Whatsapp and other encrypted messaging sites, are still being shared.

The Whistleblower alleged that the White House tried to hide the fact about the Trump-Ukraine talks. After these allegations were made, Trump openly asked the Whistleblower to be unmasked. This ultimately did happen after his son, Trump Jr., shared a link that had details about the Whistleblower. Now, Facebook has a daunting task ahead, keeping such links away from its servers.

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