Facebook staff morale concerns as scandal grows

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One Facebook insider said, however, that the Singapore office was probably less affected given that the divisions most directly involved with the data scandal are not based in Asia.

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Lester Hio

As Facebook moves to contain a growing data scandal involving political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, it is also increasingly being forced to tackle a different problem: uneasy employees.
Amid weeks of public backlash over its handling of user data, there have emerged reports that morale at the company has been hurt - with some employees said to have looked into transfers to the company's other divisions like WhatsApp and Instagram.
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