Sundberg: Many Biden White House staffers were recruited straight from Meta
Emily Sundberg · Weekly Recap: The Soham Parekh Drama, Meta Attacks OpenAI, Trump's Mega Bill · Jul 5, 2025 · at 1:03:34
Emily Sundberg, author of Feed Me, discusses political campaign digital strategy and talent recruitment from major social media platforms.
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“I mean, there's, there are a lot of people that worked in the White House under Biden who used to work at Instagram. Like they were recruited straight from Meta.”
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