You can view the diff of the scrubbing via NewSniffer: https://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/1375881/diff/7/8
In the newest version, it reads:
> In some ways, an intern showing up and referring to Palantir is just another weird detail in the weirdest story I have ever researched.
while the original version read:
> In some ways, Eric Schmidt’s daughter showing up and referring to Palantir is just another weird detail in the weirdest story I have ever researched.
They didn't just edit her out - instead, they completely changed the meaning of the text. By changing the point of those paragraphs from "here is how well-connected people behaved in this scandal" to "isn't it quirky that powerful people would listen to a random, unremarkable intern?" they have gone completely against the whistleblower's point.
I can definitely understand why he's so angry about this.
>On that day in January 2013, Sophie met up with SCL’s chief executive, Alexander Nix, and gave him the germ of an idea. “She said, ‘You really need to get into data.’ She really drummed it home to Alexander. And she mentioned to him a firm that belonged to someone she knew about through her father.”
The reference to Uber was also removed in version 8. PayPal and Facebook don't seem to mind so much?
He just sold Paypal to them about 7 years after ebay was founded.