Sheryl Sandberg—Sanctioned by Delaware judge for deleting emails related to Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
In January 2025, a Delaware judge sanctioned Sandberg for allegedly deleting emails from a personal account despite being instructed to preserve them during 2018 shareholder lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Meta later settled the investor lawsuit for over $5 billion in FTC fines.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Governance | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| User Privacy | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.166 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)× agency (compelled ×0.25)
Evidence (1 signal)
Sanctioned by Delaware judge for deleting emails related to Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
In January 2025, a Delaware judge sanctioned Sandberg for allegedly deleting emails from a personal account despite being instructed to preserve them during 2018 shareholder lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Meta later settled the investor lawsuit for over $5 billion in FTC fines.