Soros Philanthropy President Calls for U.S. Lawmakers to Review Facebook

The head of George Soros’ philanthropic organization called for congressional oversight of Facebook after the social-media giant admitted it had hired a research firm to get dirt on the billionaire.

Patrick Gaspard, president of Soros’ Open Society Foundations, blasted Facebook for hiring Definers Public Affairs in response to Soros publicly criticizing the site.

“So @facebook decides to drop a turkey on Thanksgiving eve, with admission that Definers was tasked by company leadership to target and smear George Soros because he publicly criticized their out of control business model. Sorry, but this needs independent, congressional oversight,” Gaspard tweeted Wednesday night.