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‘Except perhaps for Mark’: Internal emails show Facebook mulling fake news plea from Sacha Baron Cohen

It was eight days after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and Facebook was facing criticism that a flood of false stories on its platform had helped elect Donald Trump. That morning, Sheryl Sandberg got a policy memo from an unlikely source: Sacha Baron Cohen.

By Alex PasternackFast Company AI
‘Except perhaps for Mark’: Internal emails show Facebook mulling fake news plea from Sacha Baron Cohen

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Originally published by Fast Company AI on Sep 29, 2026.

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