MENLO PARK -- The headquarters of social media giant Facebook was evacuated Tuesday evening, but police would not say what forced the clearing of the company's campus.
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MENLO PARK -- The headquarters of social media giant Facebook was temporarily flooded with officers and cordoned off Tuesday evening after a threat against the company was called in to authorities, Menlo Park police said, but the threat was quickly cleared.
The threat was originally called into the San Francisco Police Department around 7 p.m., said Menlo Park police Cmdr. Dave Bertini.
The department transferred the call to Menlo Park officers, who went to the campus and closed off the entrance with tape. Officers searched the campus, while the company asked its employees to stay put before police could prove or disprove the threat.
"At this point, we're not even sure the call was meant to be for the Menlo Park campus," Bertini said.
Officers did not find anything at the campus, and Facebook eventually shuttled its employees home.
Bertini added that he could not say what the threat was, only that it was proven to be "non-credible."
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