Facebook employee caught in sting video allegedly trying to prey on teenage boy

By Nihal Krishan

Published February 18, 2022 3:59pm ET

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A Facebook employee was allegedly captured on video saying he sent sexually explicit messages to a person he believed to be a 13-year-old boy.

Jeren Miles, manager of community development at Facebook’s parent company Meta, has reportedly been fired after getting caught in an amateur sting operation in which he shared sexually inappropriate messages with and tried to meet with a person he thought was a teenager.

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