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

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:20:57+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/29/meta-staff-us-social-media-critic-jonathan-haidt-court-documents
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/meta-discussed-whisper-strategy-against-social-media-critic-jonathan-h-6ca2a9/

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 , according to court documents. Employees at the parent group of Facebook and Instagram sought to discredit Jonathan Haidt, the social psychologi

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