Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg called a recent report from the New York Times which made a number of shocking claims about the company “simply untrue.”

A recent article published by the New York Times titled “Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis,” provides insight into how Facebook has operated through numerous crises over the past few years. The report also alleges that Facebook hired a PR firm which published articles critical of Facebook’s competitors through an associated conservative news website. Facebook also reportedly hired a Republican opposition research firm to discredit activist protesters critical of Facebook’s data breaches. This was done partly by linking them to the left-wing financier George Soros.

Now, the company’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, has commented on the report stating that it is “simply untrue.” In a Facebook post published on Thursday night, Sandberg stated that the “allegations saying I personally stood in the way are also just plain wrong.” The post continued to state: