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Meta discussed ‘whisper strategy’ against social media critic Jonathan Haidt, files show.

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Court documents reportedly show Meta staff discussed a "whisper strategy" to undermine US academic Jonathan Haidt, including getting the academic community to disavow him.

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“Court documents reveal staff considered ways to ‘get academic community to disavow’ influential US author Meta staff discussed deploying a “whisper strategy” to undermine the influential US academic whose work has inspired a global social media crackdown…”
Guardian Technology, 29 Oct 2026, 17:20.

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