But early on Thursday, the Guardian obtained Facebook's internal guidelines for the trending topics section that contradicted Stocky's statement.
Under the Justice Department's internal guidelines, subpoenas to the press for confidential sources require authorization by the attorney general.
In recent years, he added, the company has tightened its internal guidelines for medical writers.
"You have internal guidelines that are different from what's in the P.P.M., correct?" one executive asked.
Does Goldman have internal guidelines about when the firm can and cannot take short positions in a client's stock?
Inspector Bologna was found by the Police Department to have violated internal guidelines and was docked 10 vacation days.
Mr. Zhu said some nations were using the cover of internal guidelines as a way to inject political control over lending.
Under revisions made in recent weeks, they said, the Department of Homeland Security has set tougher internal guidelines for raising the threat levels.
The Guardian published a set of internal guidelines at the weekend for travelling to and from west Africa after talks with Public Health England and other health providers.
But he pointed out that insofar as they're internal guidelines, as opposed to legislation, Holder's reforms lack legal punch and could be overruled at any time.
The company said it would remove items that appeared to violate trademark laws or its internal guidelines on a case-by-case basis.
